The reason for the disconnection is said to be the violation of the rules for crossing the border by conscripts.
These data were provided by the State Border Service.
“The operational and investigative units of the State Border Service are actively countering criminal offenses at the border, most of which are now associated with illegal exit schemes from “of Ukraine men of draft age,” the report says.
Since the introduction of martial law, the “Put” system has been used in illegal schemes. Under such schemes, men traveled outside of Ukraine as drivers and did not return to Ukraine.
“Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrtransbezopasnost has disconnected 223 carriers from the “Put” System for violation of the rules for crossing the state border by military personnel, 202 of which were licensees, based on the materials of the State Border Service of Ukraine,” the border guards noted.
Since the beginning of 2024 alone, the State Border Service of Ukraine has sent more than 2,000 reports to law enforcement agencies about the detection of signs of offenses, provided for, in particular, by criminal articles 332, 358 of the Criminal Code, which are related to the illegal transportation of persons across the border, forgery of documents.
Almost 1,500 criminal proceedings have been initiated under these articles of the Criminal Code, more than 1,700 persons have been notified of suspicion of committing criminal offenses. The courts have issued more than 220 guilty verdicts, of which almost 100 are related to the illegal transportation of persons across the border.
- Andrey Demchenko, a representative of the State Border Service, said that most often, attempts to illegally cross the border by men are recorded in the direction of Romania and Moldova.
