Ukrainian side is ready to resume operation of the Kolotylivka-Pokrovka checkpoint

Ukrainian side is ready to resume operation of the Kolotylivka-Pokrovka checkpoint

Kyiv  •  UNN

August 9 2024, 07:11 AM  •  22672 views

The Ukrainian side is ready to reopen the Kolotylivka-Pokrovka checkpoint on the border with Russia. Over 35,000 people have returned to Ukraine since the humanitarian corridor opened.

Over 35,000 people have returned to Ukraine since the Kolotylivka-Pokrovka humanitarian corridor opened. The operation of this crossing point was suspended by Russia. Ukrainian units  are ready to resume the operation of the Kolotylivka-Pokrovka crossing point.

This was announced by the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Volodymyr Artyukh during a telethon, a correspondent of UNN reports.

During the existence of this corridor (Kolotylivka-Pokrovka - ed.), more than 35 thousand people have returned to Ukraine. This is a large number of people who have returned to their native land. Over the past three days, the Russian Federation has suspended the operation of this border crossing point. According to the report of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine, our units are ready to resume the work of this checkpoint in this settlement and all conditions have been created for the accommodation and reception of our evacuees

- said Artyukh.

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Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk reported that the humanitarian corridor Kolotylivka - Pokrovka was forced to suspend due to Russian shelling in Sumy region. However, Ukrainians can use the corridor across the Belarusian-Ukrainian border to leave the TOT.

A few days ago, a volunteer of the Atmosphereaid center said that the Kolotylivka-Pokrovka checkpoint on the border with Russia was closed.

We would like to add that prisoners deported from the occupied territories of Ukraine were returned through the Kolotylivka-Pokrovka checkpoint . The second way to return is through Georgia.