Attempt to Illegally Cross the State Border
According to the information from the Southern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service, in the Razdelnyansky district, employees of the Podolsk department identified five offenders.
It turned out that they were trying to illegally cross the state border and enter Transnistria, a region of Moldova. They were supposed to pay 80,000 hryvnias to the administrator of a Telegram channel for this, in return receiving virtual instructions for navigation from an online manager.
Although the passengers heard warnings from the border guards, they accelerated their journey. However, the attempt ended when they encountered an anti-tank ditch at the border, and law enforcement officers opened warning fire.
«The warning shots and the anti-transport trench became more convincing. All participants in the ‘run’ were detained in the ditch, a few meters away from the state border,» the directorate said.
For persistent disobedience to the lawful orders of the border guards regarding the fugitives, protocols were drawn up for administrative offenses under Article 185-10. They will also have to answer for Part 2 of Article 204-1 — «Illegal crossing or attempted illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine.» The fate of the men will be decided by the court.
