Russians not letting Ukrainian refugees from occupied territories into Latvia

IRYNA BALACHUK — THURSDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2022, 13:01

Some of the Ukrainian citizens who have fled from Russian occupation and are trying to leave for Latvia are currently stuck at the Burachki checkpoint in Pskov Oblast of Russia; it has now been 4 days that Russian Border Guards have not been letting them cross the border.

Source: Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Haidai: "For 4 days now, Russians at the Burachki checkpoint in Pskov Oblast have not been letting out Ukrainian citizens who want to leave. There are about 200 cars in the queue. People, including the disabled and small children, are held in terrible conditions."

Details: The head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration said that he was informed about this via a chatbot by the refugees, who are trying to escape from the occupied settlements of Ukraine through the territory of Russia.

Haidai added that almost 1,000 citizens are waiting in line at this checkpoint. People are afraid that after the announcement of the results of the sham referendums, Russians will not let them go at all.

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