Russian spies with military IDs and a medal from Shoigu demanded that they be allowed into Ukraine without a queue
At the Boryspil airport, while processing a flight arriving from Minsk (Belarus), five Russian citizens were detained. All arrived in Ukraine for the first time.
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About it reports the press service of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
“Yesterday, at the capital’s airports, employees of the State Border Service together with the SBU exposed 6 Russian citizens. Among them were possible military personnel of the Russian Federation and persons with connections to illegal armed groups. All Russians tried to get to Ukraine,” the message said.
The agency assures that “during additional control, each of the Russians was found to have the same amount of funds in the amount of 100 Russian rubles in identical envelopes.”
Some of them, according to the Ukrainian department, had the same date of issue of passports. At the same time, all five noted that they arrived in Ukraine for vacation.
“During the conversation, the men’s answers were typical of military men or clearly instructed people. In addition, border guards together with the SBU found a military ID, a Russian army badge and a camouflage robe on one of the Russians. It has also been established that some of them may be involved in a criminal group that is associated with fraudulent activities in the banking sector,” the State Border Service reports.
Citizens of the Russian Federation are denied permission to cross the state border.
Border guards noted that another Russian citizen was detained at Kiev airport. He also arrived in Ukraine on a flight from Minsk.
“During border control, law enforcement officers established that the man had connections with representatives of militants fighting in eastern Ukraine. The corresponding contacts were found in his phone, and in addition, he was awarded the medal “For the Return of Crimea” by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu,” Ukrainian border guards assure.
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