In Transcarpathia, border guards detained a man who tried to escape to Romania through the mountains in bad weather

In Transcarpathia, border guards detained a man who tried to escape to Romania through the mountains in bad weather

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 28 2023, 01:37 PM • 21455 views

Ukrainian border guards rescued a man with potential frostbite who was caught illegally crossing the border with Romania and continued to search for another violator.

In Transcarpathia, Ukrainian border guards together with Romanian colleagues were looking for two violators who decided to illegally cross the border during bad weather. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service, UNN reports.

Details 

Border guards of the Mukachevo detachment, together with rescuers and Romanian colleagues, were looking for two men in the snowy mountains. One of them, a 35-year-old resident of Makiivka, was found 2.5 km from the border with possible frostbite

- the agency summarized.

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At the same time, the second border violator is still being searched for - border guards found a hole in the barrier fence, a man's jacket, and then a damaged life jacket and traces of entering the river. The missing man was not seen on the Romanian side either.

Addendum 

The State Border Guard Service asks people to refrain from crossing mountain rivers in winter and from crossing the snow-covered peaks of the Ukrainian Carpathians.

To recap 

Ukrainian border guards rescued a 40-year-old manwho had been wandering in the snowy highlands for almost two days trying to illegally enter Romania. The man was found 3 km from the border without proper equipment, his condition after the rescue is satisfactory.