Georgia should take a neutral position and try not to comment on the war - you should not show such level of ignorance and say that Russia is winning this war, Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the President of Ukraine, said in an interview with VOA.

According to him, it would be desirable if Irakli Kobakhidze studied "how things went with Putin and his plan to bring Ukraine to its knees in three days".

"Georgia should take a neutral position and try not to comment on the war, it would be very beneficial for Georgia from a strategic point of view. And secondly, you certainly shouldn't show that level of ignorance and say that Russia is winning this war. In the three-day war, Russia, of course, "wins", of course. It would be desirable if Mr. Kobakhidze studied how things went with Putin and his plan to bring Ukraine to its knees in three days. We have been at war for a year and Russia has not had any significant success. Russia fights protractedly at short distances and is unable to advance more than half a kilometer or a kilometer. The question is how quickly Russia will flee from the territory of Ukraine. I think that in the near future we will be able to discuss this with specific examples," said Podolyak.

According to him, there is no point in talking with the Georgian side.

"It makes no sense to talk about anything (except at the diplomatic level) with the government, which has experienced the painful trauma of 2008, and yet its approach is that 'we understand Russia and it has the right to kill people in Ukraine,'" said Mykhailo Podolyak.

For information, chairman of Georgian Dream Irakli Kobakhidze said that during the last 1-2 weeks, the Ukrainian side did not take over any settlements, and the Russian side took over up to 10 settlements at least in the last 1 week, which shows that the Russian side has the advantage at this stage.

*The quotes in the article have been double-translated from Georgian and wordings may be inaccurate.