Traffic across contact line in Donbas to be suspended from March 28

Published March 27, 2020 at 5:19 pm

A Ukrainian border guard wearing a medical mask checks the temperature of a woman queuing to enter Ukraine from the territory controlled by Russia-backed militants at the checkpoint near the Novotroitske village in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, on March 16, 2020.

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Traffic across the contact line in Donbas will be suspended with the aim of preventing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ukraine.

“From 08:00, on March 28, restrictions will be imposed on crossing the line of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in the directions towards Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts,” the headquarters of the JFO said on its Facebook page.

Permission to enter and exit the JFO area will be granted only to citizens and vehicles that provide logistics support for the region.