Ukrainian border guards detain four "fugitives" on the border with Slovakia

Ukrainian border guards detain four "fugitives" on the border with Slovakia

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 13 2023, 11:00 PM • 33065 views

Ukrainian soldiers detained four men who were trying to illegally cross the border with Slovakia, including a repeat offender who had already tried to escape in September. They were detained with Ukrainian passports and will be tried for attempting to illegally cross the border.

Four more fugitives were caught on the Ukrainian-Slovak border, four more evaders were caught. A group of men of military age who planned to cross the border unnoticed were stopped. By Ukrainian servicemen of the Velykyi Bereznyi department. One of the detained border violators of the detained border violators turned out to be a "veteran", he was trying to escape to Slovakia illegally in late September, but without success. The incident was reported by the press service of the State Border Guard Service, UNN reported.

Law enforcement officers found that one of the detainees was a border violator with "experience". He was detained in late September at the site of a neighboring unit. An attempt to cross the border, also as part of a group of people, was unsuccessful for the man, but he did not abandon his he did not abandon his intentions. Instead, he looked for three more people to join him, and again turned to an acquaintance who helped him. friend who had helped him in September, arranged for payment and planned the trip.

- said the State Border Guard Service.

Details

According to law enforcement officials, a group of men at the border law enforcement officers, a group of men were detected and detained at the border during verification activities. It is noted that the fugitives were acting on on the instructions of the organizer, who had planned the illegal trip to Slovakia

All four men of military age were carrying passports of Ukrainian citizens. The border guards investigated and found out that the offenders were residents of Odesa region and the city of Mykolaiv.

All the detainees were taken to the border guard unit unit in order to clarify all the circumstances of the case and bring them to liability under Part 2 of Article 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses "Illegal crossing or attempt to to illegally cross the state border of Ukraine."

After processing the materials, their case will be submitted to the court.

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To recap

After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and the introduction of martial law on the territory of Ukraine, almost all men of military age were banned from traveling abroad. The law provides for a number of exceptions, but there are those who are not included in the category of "beneficiaries" and therefore trying to flee the country despite legal restrictions on travel in exchange for monetary reward.