Since February 24, 2022, over 9,100 people detained outside checkpoints and over 3,900 at checkpoints for trying to cross border illegally — State Border Guard Service

Attempts to illegally cross the state border of Ukraine continue. Andriy Demchenko, Spokesperson of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine made this statement at a briefing at Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform.

“In total, since February 24, over 9,100 such persons have been detained at the green section of the border, that is, outside the border checkpoints. As before, the majority of the cases happened in the areas of the border with Romania and Moldova. Almost 3,900 more people were stopped at checkpoints when they were trying to cross using forged documents or in other illegal ways. Here, the trend persists more on the border with Hungary and Poland,” — Demchenko said.

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