"Members of the Georgian government have sold themselves to Putin for 30 pieces of silver," said the mayor of the Ukrainian town of Konotop

A few hours ago, we learned that our guys destroyed a Russian column near Konotop. Russian soldiers are buried in the ground from the bombings. As soon as we win and the war is over, we will exhume their corpses and return them to their mothers. There are Russian units on the other side of Konotop too, and they are waiting for the same thing," says the mayor of Konotop in an exclusive interview with the Mtavari Channel and recalls yesterday's incident when the occupiers delivered an ultimatum:

Yesterday the commander of the Russian units Gryzlov came to me and gave me an ultimatum. Of course, I sent him to the same direction as the Russian ship. Then I went outside with the townspeople and reported the situation. I told him that I would fight till the end. The result is also visible. The enemy has been destroyed. We have not surrendered the town. As in almost every city, our lads are standing firm and destroying the enemy. Russian marauders have robbed and looted almost every shop. Drunken occupants take to the streets. People are afraid to go out, but they are standing tall for the army, and we will definitely win. "Artem Semenikhin speaks.

The Konotop mayor says he knows Mikheil Saakashvili well, is friends with him and says he sees the support of the Georgian people, but, he says, if Mikheil Saakashvili were in power now, that support would be much greater:

"I know Mikheil Saakashvili well. We are friends. We worked a lot together. I also know very well the participation of the Ukrainian unit in the Georgian battles and its contribution to the territorial integrity of Georgia. I see great support from the Georgian people every day.

This is my personal opinion and I will tell you that if Mikheil Saakashvili were in charge of the government of Georgia today there would be entirely different support. There are scum in the government of Georgia today that the Georgian people should get rid of immediately. The people must get these people out of the Parliament, Presidential Palace, and the Cabinet of Ministers. Today, the members of the Georgian government sold themselves to Putin for 30 pieces of silver. They did not betray Ukraine, but Georgia. Defeating Russia in Ukraine is in the interest of Georgia. Defeating Russia means returning Abkhazia and Ossetia. Your current government is committing a crime against the country. Georgian people are wise and will soon put everything in its place. Your president, prime minister and MPs should be imprisoned forever for high treason, because the actions of your government are not a crime against Ukraine, but against Georgia," Konotop mayor Artem Semenikhin said in an interview with Mtavari Channel.