He appealed to them with a request for refugee status in the territory of Ukraine. According to the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine, the Russian illegally crossed the border.

After that, he immediately appealed to the border guard along with the application for refugee status in the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, the border guards found that he needed urgent medical help, since he had limb frostbitten.

The man was called an ambulance and accompanied by servicemen of the department of the frontier service of the detainee was taken to the district hospital.

Upon the application of a Russian citizen to obtain refugee status, the border guards were informed by the Main Directorate of the State Migration Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.

The Russian is on inpatient treatment under protection.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in one of the checkpoints that on the border with the Russian Federation on July 2, 2017, a family of Russian citizens asked for refugee status in Ukraine. Such a message came from the press service of the SBS. According to these data - when passing control at the border, the family from Russia suddenly started asking for refugee status in Ukraine.