Russians trying to swim across border river detained in Ukraine

Two Russians swam across the border river Vorskla, they were detained by Ukrainian border guards. This was reported by the State Border Service of Ukraine.

The detainees were men born in 1980 and 1982, they had a driver's license and a backpack with personal belongings. They said that they were going to get to Odessa to relax on the Black Sea coast, and decided to illegally cross the border due to the restrictive measures in place in connection with the covid-19 pandemic .

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

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