Ukrainians go to the Russian Federation during the war: which of them will be checked by special services

Citizens openly travel from Ukraine to Russia through other countries during a full -scale war. The focus understood why this is happening, and whether Ukrainians would punish for such travel. Despite the full-scale invasion, some Ukrainians do not stop riding to Russia and temporarily occupied territories through the aggressor country. Someone visit relatives, and someone has their reasons that do not always coincide with the interests of Ukraine.

The focus has learned whether such travels were allowed, or whether Ukrainians may not be allowed to home. Lawyer Victor Chevguz reported focus that after traveling to Russia, Ukrainians could not but let in Ukraine because they have the right to come to their country. However, there is some check on the border. "Check out at first whether people are on military accounting or subject to call - these issues are in the first place.

And then they are already checking special services if there is some prompt information that a person can be a spy or otherwise work on the Russian Federation," he said Victor Chevguz. Otherwise, it is impossible to prohibit the Ukrainian to return home. Moreover, he stressed that people can "not simply go". "For example, I have relatives, and they stay in Donetsk old parents. They periodically go to them through Poland, then through the Baltic States to Russia. How can they be banned?" He said.

According to the lawyer, they will be checked if the suspicion is justified that a person is working for Russia, it will be documented and a person will be criminally liable. Public and political figure, Doctor of Law Boris Babin noted in a conversation with focus, that the Constitution of Ukraine indicates that Ukrainians cannot be restricted in the right to return home. "And here the Constitution does not distribute the territory of Ukraine as occupied or not occupied.

That is not to let, conditionally, a person who crosses the Polish-Ukrainian border-there are no levers," he explained. Whereas responsibility can only occur in a particular case, if there are any offenses in the actions of a person, law enforcement agencies should be handled. When asked whether all people who make such trips should check, Babin replied that he believes that perhaps so, because the war is underway.

In his opinion, trips to Russia can be dangerous, but "to evaluate the actions of such persons have authorized bodies of state power. " According to the EU High Commissioner in the EU, as of September, about six million Ukrainians have been registered in the Western countries, including 1 million 200,000 in Russia.

However, the director of the Demography Institute, Ella Libanova, noted in a comment on the media that it was not sure that it was such a number of Ukrainian citizens to go to the Russian Federation. "This figure was first published in the middle of the 22nd year and duplicated it in the 23rd. I do not know how to comment on it," said Ella Libanova.

It should be noted that Ukraine is not officially forbidden to go to Russia, but it is important to take into account the moral aspect, because sometimes citizens are shaking their travels on social networks, forgetting about the war and constant hostile shelling in peaceful cities that lead to the death of civilians, including children.

We will remind, at the beginning of 2025 in Ukraine the pilot project on the return of Ukrainians from abroad, in particular, from Germany, will start in Ukraine. The focus told how refugees can be returned home. Earlier, Focus reported that in Ukraine the population decreases due to low birth rates and increased mortality.