Ukraine Denies Entry To 100 Russians After Ban

A Ukrainian border guard checks documents of a man who is going to cross the border to Russia at the checkpoint at the border with Russia in Hoptivka, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Ukrainian officials announced ear... A Ukrainian border guard checks documents of a man who is going to cross the border to Russia at the checkpoint at the border with Russia in Hoptivka, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Ukrainian officials announced earlier on Friday that all Russian men aged between 16 and 60 will be barred from entering Ukraine for the duration of the 30-day-long martial law. (AP Photo/Pavlo Pakhomenko) MORE LESS

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s border service says that around 100 Russian citizens have been denied entry into the country since an entry ban for adult Russian males was announced.

Border guards’ spokesman Andrei Demchenko has told Ukrainian television Saturday that “the vast majority of (them) couldn’t confirm the purpose of their trip to Ukraine.”

He said that “some of them didn’t have the necessary documents to enter Ukraine and others had exceeded the period of stay in our country.”

President Petro Poroshenko announced Friday that all Russian males aged 16 to 60 would be banned from entering Ukraine during a 30-day period of martial law approved Monday.

Poroshenko said the move was intended to prevent undercover Russian military units from entering the country after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews.

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  1. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Wasn’t that kind of infiltration part of what the russian military did in the run to the invasion of Crimea?

  2. So does this mean that Dotard can’t enter Ukraine?

  3. A little late don’t ya think?

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I think it’s ok if you have bone spurs.

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