Wearing a latex mask and a wetsuit, an Odesa resident tried to swim across the Dniester and swim to Moldova
Kyiv • UNN
A resident of Odesa, wearing a latex mask, raincoat and wetsuit, was detained by border guards while trying to illegally cross the Ukrainian-Moldovan border by swimming across the Dniester River.
The offender, wearing a latex mask, a cloak and a wetsuit, tried to cross the border of Ukraine. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service, UNN reports.
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An Odesa resident tried to get to Moldova by crossing the Dniester River by swimming. Border guards say that he wanted to go unnoticed so much that he even disguised himself as a mythical character.
Either to frighten the border guards or he hoped that this appearance would help him to be invisible
The offender took a monocular and a thermal bag with a knife, flashlight, and mittens. He also took an empty tetrapak, which, when inflated, would help him stay on the water's surface. He planned to swim across the Turunchuk River and then the Dniester near the village of Troitske. The man knew the area well, as he was an avid fisherman and often visited it.
While trying to cross the border, he was detained by border guards of the Belgorod-Dniester detachment. The case initiated over the attempt to illegally cross the state border was sent to court.
