Spartak Lekiashvili, a 25-year-old Georgian fighter, has died after prolonged treatment in a French hospital due to serious injuries he received during the Russian mass bombing of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on May 10, 2023.

He lost his eyesight and ability to move after as a result of his injuries. He was treated in a Ukrainian hospital for a year, and in the spring of 2024 his family brought him to Georgia to continue his treatment.

Lekiashvili was leaving and working in Poland when the war started in Ukraine. He left with his friends to fight in the international battalion.