MOSCOW, Jan 24 official purpose to a number of officials and law enforcement officers, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
«Signed several important decrees today. There is a fundamental decision of the National Security and Defense Council on the departure of officials abroad. This applies to all civil servants of the central government and various other levels of local government. This applies to law enforcement officers, people's deputies, prosecutors and all those who can work on the state and in the state. If they want to rest now, they will rest outside the state service. Officials will no longer be able to go abroad on vacation or for any other non-state purpose,» Zelensky said in his video message.
He added that the authorities intend to develop a procedure for crossing the border within five days, so that only an official trip could be the reason for the departure of civil servants falling under the decree.
According to the decree, the ban on leaving the country applies to ministers and their deputies, people’s deputies, heads of central authorities and deputies, heads of Zelensky’s office and their deputies, heads of the SBU, NBU and deputies, ombudsman and representatives, heads other authorities and heads of structural divisions of state bodies, adds the edition «Strana.ua». The ban also applies to judges, prosecutors and all officials who have a reservation from mobilization.