KYIV, Feb. 22 - Ukraine's border service has banned Mikheil Saakashvili from entering Ukraine for three years, days after he was expelled from the country, RFE/RL reported Wednesday.

Saakashvili on Wednesday posted on Facebook a document from the border service that said his entry ban runs until February 13, 2021.

Ukrainian border-service spokesman Oleh Slobodyan confirmed that Saakashvili was banned on the orders of the commander in charge of the Ukrainian border section he crossed in September 2017, eluding a blockade.