On Wednesday, May 13, Slovakia closed its border amid a Russian attack on Ukraine, including the Zakarpattia region. This was reported by UNN with reference to dennikn.sk.
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According to Slovak media, this was done for security reasons, but no further detailed information was provided.
Ukrainian journalist Vitaliy Glagola reported that Slovakia has closed traffic at the following border checkpoints:
- "Uzhhorod";
- "Malyi Bereznyi";
- "Mali Selmentsi".
I am receiving massive amounts of messages from people who are currently stuck in the neutral zone between checkpoints and cannot enter Slovak territory. Queues and crowds have formed at the checkpoints. Some citizens were asked to move away from the infrastructure due to the threat of new strikes
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