The speaker of the State Border Guard Service, Colonel Andrey Demchenko, said that during the period of the ban on the exit of officials from the country, about 30 employees tried to violate it. In a commentary to the UP, he clarified that state institutions continue to send lists to border guards - more than 2 thousand letters have already been received.

“During the period of the changes that the government made to the rules for crossing the state border by citizens of Ukraine, with regard to a certain category of civil servants, border guards did not let almost 30 people out of the country,” Demchenko said.. – They did not meet the conditions for crossing the state border for the duration of martial law. Indeed, for such a category of persons, the possibility of crossing the border exclusively on a business trip was determined..

Demchenko recalled that exceptions to this ban apply to women and single men who can leave Ukraine, following their children abroad or accompanying them.. More recently, this applies to guardians, trustees and adoptive parents..

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Recall that at the end of January, the government of Ukraine made changes to the resolution on the procedure for crossing the border based on the decision of the National Security and Defense Council. According to it, officials, deputies, as well as a number of other officials, for example, prosecutors, judges, representatives of local self-government, can cross the border of the country during the period of martial law solely for the purpose of a business trip..