The roaming Russians detained border guards in Sumy region

01.09.2017

The roaming Russians detained border guards in Sumy region

Two Russian citizens were arrested yesterday by the border guards of the Sumy detachment for illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine.

When guarding state boundaries, the border guards of the "Krasnopolye" department noticed on the adjacent territory the car of the brand "Mitsubishi", the Russian registration. He was moving in the direction of the state border. Going to intercept the border guard stopped the vehicle already on the territory of Ukraine. In the car there were 2 Russian citizens, 1975 and 1987 years of birth, residents of the border area. The documents on the vehicle did not have men. According to the detainees, they gathered firewood and got lost, and they borrowed the car from their friend.

Currently, the vehicle has been removed and transferred to DFS employees. Foreigners have drawn up protocols on administrative offenses for illegal crossing of the border. Verification measures are ongoing.