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In a dramatic standoff with Ukrainian law enforcement, the former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was detained in Kyiv and then broke free, giving an address to supporters outside Ukraine’s parliament.

Officers from the security service (SBU) entered Saakashvili’s flat in central Kyiv early on December 5 morning, but he fled to the roof and threatened to jump, Ukrainian media reported.

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