Two Russian citizens who illegally crossed the border from the Russian Federation to Ukraine were detained yesterday by the servicemen of the Kharkov border detachment near the checkpoint " This is reported by "

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A border detachment immediately moved to the place of illegal crossing of the state border, which detained the travelers. The young ladies did not have identity documents.

“According to the detainees, it became known that they were citizens of the Russian Federation, allegedly residents of the city of Murmansk. The women vied with each other that they decided to cross the border in an illegal way due to the lack of documents.

However, in the course of identifying the detainees, law enforcement officers previously found out that at home they were suspected of a crime related to drug trafficking.. Therefore, the Russian women did not manage to avoid responsibility and hide on the territory of Ukraine, ”the State Border Service said..

Now for illegal crossing of the state border, the Dergachevsky district court of the Kharkiv region fined foreign women in the amount of 8.5 thousand. hryvnia each. Also, foreign women will be returned to the territory of the Russian Federation and banned from entering Ukraine for a period of 5 years..