Ukraine returned to Russia border guards captured on the border with Crimea
Russia and Ukraine exchanged captured border guards today. The exchange took place near the Nekhoteevka checkpoint in the Belgorod region.
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Bohdan Morzon and Igor Dzyubak were given to the Ukrainian side. They were detained on October 3, 2017 on charges of illegally crossing the Russian state border. According to media reports, Ukrainian military personnel illegally crossed the border of the Russian Federation in order to go to a bathhouse in the city of Bryansk.
Ukrainian border guards after liberation
The Ukrainian side handed over border guards Vladimir Kuznetsov and Askar Kulub to Russia. They were captured in June 2017 during exercises on Lake Sivash and were held in a pretrial detention center in Kherson.
“The issue was decided directly by the President of Ukraine. There was a call at the highest level,” said the head of the Ukrainian border service, Pyotr Tsigikal.
Ukraine has returned border guards captured on the Crimean border to Russia.