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Ukrainian border guards detain two Russians swimming to Odessa
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[Korrespondent] Two Russians swam across the Vorskla border river and were detained by Ukrainian border guards. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on June 5.

The detainees were men born in 1980 and 1982; they had a driver's license and a backpack with personal belongings with them. They said that they were going to get to Odessa to rest on the Black Sea coast, and decided to illegally cross the border due to the restrictive measures in force in connection with the pandemic.

The border service noted that one of the detainees back in 2019 was banned from entering the territory of Ukraine after a brawl at the Zhuliany airport in Kiev.

The men were detained to clarify all the circumstances of the offense. For illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine, they face administrative responsibility. In addition, they will be banned from entering Ukraine for ten and five years, respectively.

The day before, border guards detained two German citizens who illegally crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border on bicycles, thinking that Ukraine is in the EU and no visas are needed.
Posted by: badanov 2021-06-06
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=603813