Английская Википедия:Dovzhansky (border checkpoint)
Dovzhansky (Шаблон:Lang-uk) is a land border crossing between Ukraine and Russia on the Ukrainian side, in the town of Шаблон:Ill, Sverdlovsk city municipality, Luhansk Oblast.
The crossing is situated on autoroute Шаблон:Jct (Шаблон:Jct). Across the border on the Russian side is the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast. The outskirts of Novoshakhtinsk is 10 km from the border crossing and the city center is 20 km.
The type of crossing is automobile, status - international. The types of transportation for automobile crossings are passenger and freight. Trains traveling between Sverdlovsk and Novoshakhtinsk pass through the railway border crossing at Dovzhanske, too.[1]
The port of entry, "Dolzhanskiy", is part of the Dovzhansky customs post of Luhansk customs. Code checkpoint - 70207 02 00 (11)[1]
War in Donbas
On May 14, 2014, one day after the unrecognized declaration of independence by the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Ukrainian border guards at the Dovzhansky border crossing arrested Valery Bolotov. 150 to 200 armed Russian backed separatists attacked the Dovzhansky checkpoint where he had been held and freed him.[2][3][4]
Closing the crossing
On June 5, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine closed this border checkpoint and seven othersШаблон:EfnШаблон:Efn on the Russia–Ukraine border. At that time, separatists in eastern Ukraine had control of the border crossing allowing weapons from Russia to pass without controls. Subsequently, on July 1, 2014, the Ukrainian army regained control of this border point,[5][6][7][8] until 1 August, where daily "Grad" rocket volleys and shelling by pro-Russian forces made the Ukrainian position untenable.[9]
See also
References
External links
- State Border Guard of Ukraine website
- Пункти пропуску на кордоні із Росією — Державна прикордонна служба (English: Checkpoints on the Border with Russia) from The State Border Service website Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite work
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ EU answer: Are the Lugansk People's Republic and the Donestk People's Republic banned terrorist cells according to the European Union?
- ↑ Уряд ухвалив рішення щодо припинення руху через деякі пункти пропуску на кордоні з Росією// Урядовий портал. — 5 червня 2014.Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Government endorses decision to terminate traffic via certain border checkpoints with Russia Ukrainian Government Portal - 5 June 2014.
- ↑ Surrounded by War In Sloviansk: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 48) // Vice News, 10 June 2014.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite work
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
