65 Ukrainians deported from Russia return home: FM

KIEV -- Sixty-five Ukrainians, deported from Russia and stranded at the Russian-Georgian border, have returned home, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Friday.

Among them were 10 women and eight seriously ill individuals, Sybiha said in a post on Facebook.

All deportees had been stuck at the buffer zone of the Dariali checkpoint on the border, according to the post.

Over the past several months, Ukraine has received 109 deported citizens from the checkpoint, Sybiha said.