They were detained while preparing the mattress for “crossing” across the Prut River.
Ukrainian border guards detained four men who planned to flee to Romania on an inflatable mattress.
This is reported in the official Telegram channel of the State Border Service of Ukraine. It is noted that the men were detained while preparing the mattress for “crossing” across the Prut River.
“Four daredevils were detained at the border with Romania,” the state service said in a statement.
Illegal attempts to leave Ukraine
As you know, in connection with the introduction of martial law in Ukraine, it is forbidden for male citizens of Ukraine aged 18 to 60 to leave Ukraine.
Despite this, some men invent different ways to cross the border. On the border with Hungary, a man pretended to be a woman.
Earlier in Odesa, a man pretended to be a father of many children. In this way, a Ukrainian tried to leave for Poland – he was exposed by the border guards.
At the end of 2022, border guards said that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 12 thousand people tried to leave Ukraine illegally.
It is known that drowned people were found 12 times on the river section of the border with Romania. And in Transcarpathia, men who tried to run through the mountains were found dead.
