The relevant statement was made by the chairman of the State Border Service Petr Tsigikal.

According to him, since the introduction of the visa-free regime, almost 400 thousand Ukrainians have taken advantage of the simplified order of trips to Europe.

In addition, Tsigikal added that, within the framework of the liberalization of the visa regime, SBS obtained access to Interpol databases, thanks to which 2,1 thousand. wanted persons.

"As part of strengthening the control over the entry of foreigners in a short time, a biometric data fixation system was deployed. Since the beginning of the year, 57 thousand foreigners have passed control, in t. 42 thousand Russians, "he said..

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform", soon Ukrainian passports will be produced near the line of demarcation with the occupied territories of Donbass.