Ukrainian border guard. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 29 The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) of Ukraine, together with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the police, are checking 11,000 Russians who entered Ukrainian territory before the start of the Russian special operation and did not leave the country, Director of the SBI Oleksiy Sukhachev said in an interview with Ukrainian News. «In addition to investigating crimes, we also carry out activities to identify persons who assist or assist the Russian special services. From December 1, 2021 to February 23, 2022, more than 11 thousand citizens entered the territory of Ukraine RF, which did not leave our country in time. Therefore, we are now, together with the SBU and the National Police, doing a lot of work to determine the location of these citizens and carry out appropriate filtration measures with them,» the publication quotes Sukhachev as saying.
Ukrainian border guards have detained 2.5 thousand men since February 24Ross Iya launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
