Border crossing during the war: When and why men have to pay a million hryvnias

The largest number of such offenses is found in the Ukrainian-Romanian and Ukrainian-Moldovan sections of the state border. The first deputy head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Volodymyr Nikiforenko reported this. "In the period from 24. 02. 2022 to 01. 06. 2023, the crossing of the state border for departure from Ukraine - 57880 for male citizens from 18 to 60 years, for 5 months of 2023 - 21142 persons.

abroad is the absence of a properly drawn up documents from the military citizens of Ukraine, which testify to the dismissal from the conscription for military service during mobilization, " - said in response to the request of the focus provided by the State Border Service of Ukraine.

As explained in the State Border Service, the acts of persons who have attempted to cross the state border of Ukraine by any way outside the checkpoints across the state border of Ukraine or at checkpoints across the state border of Ukraine without relevant documents or using a fake document or contained inaccurate information about A person, or without the permission of the relevant authorities, qualifies as an administrative offense, the liability for which is provided for in Article 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Code of Administrative Offenses).

"In case of detection of the fact of committing a person of an offense provided for in Article 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, an authorized official of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine draws up a protocol on an administrative offense. If necessary and part two of Article 263 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, about administrative detention, "Vladimir Nikiforenko explained.

We will remind, in accordance with the current Code of Ukraine on administrative offenses, responsibility for attempting to cross the state border of Ukraine outside the checkpoints or through item without relevant documents is provided in the form of fines. "From two hundred to five hundred non -taxable minimum incomes or administrative arrest for a term of up to fifteen days, with confiscation of tools and means of committing an offense.

The same actions committed by a group of persons or a person who was subjected to administrative penalties during the year violations provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 204-1-entail a fine of five hundred to eight hundred non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens or administrative arrest for a term of ten to fifteen days, with confiscation of tools and means In the law.

That is, if in 2023 such a non -taxable minimum income is 1342 UAH, then the minimum fine for the specified offense is UAH 268. 4 thousand and the maximum - UAH 1. 07 million. Earlier, Focus wrote that the main normative legal act governing the issue of departure of men abroad during martial law is the Law of Ukraine "On Mobilization Training and Mobilization". And Article 23 of the said Law contains a list of persons who are not subject to conscription during mobilization.