There are almost no queues to cross the border from Ukraine to the west - Demchenko
Kyiv • UNN
According to Andriy Demchenko, head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, border traffic in Ukraine is now running smoothly, with minimal queues, after a dynamic two-week period.
Over the past two weeks passenger traffic at Ukraine's borders has been dynamic over the past two weeks, but there are currently almost no queues the border to the west is almost non-existent. This was announced by the spokesman for the Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, said during a telethon, according to a correspondent of UNN.
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When asked about the situation on the situation on the western border, Demchenko replied: "If we talk about the situation at this particular hour (8:49), there are almost no queues. Instead, over the past two weeks the passenger traffic has been quite dynamic. If we talk about the time before December 25, before Christmas, a total of 850 thousand people crossed the border in both directions during the week, but the preference was for entering Ukraine, when 50 thousand more people went to Ukraine than left its borders".
According to him, On December 25 and 26, passenger traffic slightly decreased and was at the level of 65-70 thousand per day.
Later on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, it began to grow again and was at the level of about 100 thousand people per day in both directions. Yesterday (31st - ed.), passenger traffic decreased again and was at the level of 56 thousand people per day in both directions. But during the week, we saw a preference for leaving Ukraine, albeit not significant
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Demchenko reported that due to the repeated detection of forgery of documents of men who are allowed to cross the border, in particular, fathers with many children, border guards can demand an extract from the TCC protocol on the decision to defer, or a record of the deferral in military registration documents.
On December 31, it was reported in social media reported that at the border with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia there were queues to enter and leave Ukraine because those who were not allowed to leave blocked the road for those leaving.
