In Zakarpattia, three men who wanted to escape to Slovakia were detained

In Zakarpattia, three men who wanted to escape to Slovakia were detained

In Zakarpattia region, border guards detained three men who attempted to cross into Slovakia through the mountains. Local residents informed law enforcement about the presence of unknown individuals in the border area. 

This was reported on August 10 by the Western Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. It was noted there that the movement of the three unknown individuals was later detected using technical means. 

As a result, they were detained at night by servicemen of the "Velykyi Bereznyi" unit of the Chop detachment. At that moment, the men were heading toward the border with Slovakia – they were discovered a few hundred meters from the state border.

When the violators noticed the border patrol, they started to flee. To stop them, the servicemen fired several warning shots into the air and deployed a service dog.

"During the verification measures, operatives of the detachment established that the fugitives are local residents aged between 37 and 48, who decided to seek a better life in EU countries," the report states. 

The offenders were detained in an administrative procedure and taken to a border guard unit. The men will face legal consequences for attempting to illegally cross the border and for malicious disobedience to the lawful orders of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine personnel.