Border guards detained five people at the Ukrainian-Russian border who turned out to be citizens of Uzbekistan. The incident took place yesterday, December 28, at night.
The press service of the State Border Service reported that the violators pursued the goal of illegally crossing the state border outside the established checkpoints, since they had a ban on entry into the territory of the Russian Federation.
Thanks to decisive actions, the border guards detained them.
Regarding foreigners, they drew up protocols on administrative offenses under Part 2 of Art. 204-1 Illegal crossing or attempted illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine KUoAP.
For their New Year's journey, citizens of Uzbekistan will face administrative responsibility and a forced return to their country of origin.
On the eve of an interesting situation occurred at the border guards Chop detachment. Near the border with Slovakia, they noticed the movement of an unknown person and immediately notified the border unit and moved forward for detention.
The intruder managed to overcome the fence, but when he saw the border guards, a citizen of Nigeria jumped into the Uzh River.