Ukraine's central government, located in Kiev, has given up manning the country's border with Russia at areas in the southeast where popular opposition to the Kiev authorities has overwhelmed the Kiev government's ability to police the border there.
The central government's border guards at the town of Severniy abandoned their post, on Thursday June 5th, so that now anyone can cross unimpeded there to and from Ukraine and Russia. This will enable Ukrainians who want to flee to do so, and it will also permit Russians who want to join the rebellion in Ukraine's southeast (or simply to protect family-members who live there) to do so, with no difficulty on either side, and with no fear at the border-crossing.
This abandonment was reported by Agence France Presse. Russia's Itar-Tass News Agency reported in more detail, saying that the decision was made by Ukraine's central government and had broader scope than just Severny: "'To prevent the emergence of threats to the population's life or health as a result of dangerous events taking place in certain areas, the cabinet [in Kiev, in the northwest] agreed with the State Border Service's proposal to stop the operation of checkpoints,' the government press service said in a press release on Thursday."
Itar-Tass went on, to mention that Severny was one of a total of six abandoned border-crossings: "In Ukraine's Lugansk region, the operation of the following checkpoints has been stopped: Dolzhansky, Chervonopartizansk, Krasnaya Mogila, Novoborovtsy and Severny. In the Donetsk region, the Marinovka checkpoint will be closed. The Ukrainian government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to inform Russia about the decision."
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The central government's border guards at the town of Severniy abandoned their post, on Thursday June 5th, so that now anyone can cross unimpeded there to and from Ukraine and Russia. This will enable Ukrainians who want to flee to do so, and it will also permit Russians who want to join the rebellion in Ukraine's southeast (or simply to protect family-members who live there) to do so, with no difficulty on either side, and with no fear at the border-crossing.
This abandonment was reported by Agence France Presse. Russia's Itar-Tass News Agency reported in more detail, saying that the decision was made by Ukraine's central government and had broader scope than just Severny: "'To prevent the emergence of threats to the population's life or health as a result of dangerous events taking place in certain areas, the cabinet [in Kiev, in the northwest] agreed with the State Border Service's proposal to stop the operation of checkpoints,' the government press service said in a press release on Thursday."
Itar-Tass went on, to mention that Severny was one of a total of six abandoned border-crossings: "In Ukraine's Lugansk region, the operation of the following checkpoints has been stopped: Dolzhansky, Chervonopartizansk, Krasnaya Mogila, Novoborovtsy and Severny. In the Donetsk region, the Marinovka checkpoint will be closed. The Ukrainian government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to inform Russia about the decision."
Complete story at - Ukrainian Government Border-Guards Abandon Post at Russian Border | The Smirking Chimp
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