In the Zaporizhzhia region occupying forces not letting people pass through checkpoint: more than a thousand cars are queueing

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2020, 16:45

More than a thousand cars are lined up in front of a Russian checkpoint in Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The Russian military is not allowing civilians to pass either to territory controlled by Ukraine or in the opposite direction.

Source: Deputy Chairman of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Zlata Nekrasova on Facebook

Literally: "At the moment, in Vasylivka, in front of the checkpoint of the Russian Federation, there are more than 1,000 vehicles that are not being allowed to pass either into Ukrainian controlled territory or into the occupied territories. The occupiers are not allowing them to pass through to either side"

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According to Nekrasova, there are women and children in these cars.

Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration has provided water and food to people.