Ukraine at the time closes 27 checkpoints on the border line with the Crimea
The Ukrainian government has decided to shut down 27 points of passage across the state border and observation points in the Crimea, the order of the Cabinet of Ministers, available on the Internet representation of the government on Thursday.
on the Peninsula on March 16 was held the referendum on the status of the Crimea, more than 96% of voters were in favour of accession of the Republic to Russia, and the Crimea became part of the Russian Federation. Russia from April 25 switched to full protection of the border with Ukraine between Kherson region and Crimea. Rosgranitsa is already installed on the border fifteen block modules that are intended for arrangement on a temporary basis road checkpoints. The state border service of Ukraine has also started to equip the checkpoints.
However, at the disposal of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, signed on 30 April, reported about the temporary closure of checkpoints and observation points on the boundary line with the Crimea in accordance with the legislative act " on ensuring the rights and freedoms of Citizens and legal regime on the occupied territory of Ukraine ".
in addition, the Cabinet of Ministers ordered the Ministry of foreign Affairs to bring to the data of diplomatic missions of foreign countries in Ukraine, and also diplomatic representative offices and consular institutions of the data about the temporary closure of the crossing points.
At this point in time with the Russian side on the border in the Crimea there is no stationary checkpoints, because before this district belonged to Ukraine. To set the desired number of block modules are expected before the end of July 2014.