Putin orders Border Service to tighten Russian-Ukrainian border security - Kremlin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian State Border Service to take appropriate steps to tighten control on the Russian-Ukrainian border to curb illegal crossings. ITAR-TASS reports that this information comes from the Russian president’s press-service.

Recently, the Russian authorities have registered a growing number of Ukrainian citizens wishing to enter Russian territory. For example, on Friday 6 June, Russian children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov reported that over 12,000 people had arrived in the Rostov Region from Ukraine. On 5 June, he said that over 8,000 Ukrainian citizens crossed the border on Russia in 24 hours.

On 4 June, an emergency rule was introduced in 15 districts of the Rostov Region that borders Ukraine, with the aim of guaranteeing refugee support where there is temporary accommodation for people recently arrive from south-eastern Ukraine. On Saturday, Lugansk resistance fighters claimed they control most of the Russian-Ukrainian border. Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) Valery Bolotov explained to RIA Novosti that border control is needed mostly for letting refugees pass across. He pointed out a large number of refugees, especially from the Donetsk Region.

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