In the Odesa region, a Ukrainian citizen died during an illegal border crossing – the man was found with a bullet wound. Law enforcement officers and the State Border Guard Service are conducting investigative and official inquiries to establish all circumstances of the incident, UNN reports with reference to the State Border Guard Service.
In the Odesa region, during the pursuit of border violators, the border patrol fired warning shots. Prior to this, unknown individuals moving towards the state border did not react to the border guards' demand to stop. Subsequently, one person was detained at the moment of overcoming the engineering barrier. Another person was found by the border patrol without signs of life. The man had a bullet wound.
As noted, law enforcement agencies, including the National Police and the SBI, were immediately notified of this situation, and their employees arrived at the scene to clarify the circumstances.
Urgent investigative actions are currently underway. Law enforcement officers, in particular, are studying the actions of the border patrol. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in turn, has appointed an official investigation into this case and provides all necessary assistance to investigators to establish all the details.