He immediately warned the staff that “the conversation will be short” with the evaders and border guards who help them.

In the first days, women and children were evacuated en masse from the country. Although there were also shameful escapes of men of military age.

As the head of the State Border Service, Serhii Deineko, said in an interview with “Ukrainian Pravda”, all episodes of illegal border crossing are subject to criminal proceedings.

“Regarding such shameful cases, about which you speak about men who tried to enter the country illegally – of course, there were. Of course, there were also border guards… We are a part of society, and among us there are heroes and, unfortunately, there are and criminals. Everyone who was discovered by us or other law enforcement agencies, believe me, there are criminal proceedings against all of them,” he said.

Deineko emphasized that on the first day of full-scale war, he warned all subordinate personnel, with the dodgers and border guards who help them, “the conversation will be short.” In addition, he warned the border guards that all of them will pass through participation in active hostilities.

“I do not punish with the front, because defending one’s country is an honorable duty. I just want those who are in more comfortable conditions to appreciate and value it. So that they understand the conditions in which those boys are and girls who protect the country on the front line and give their lives,” said Deineko.

The head of the DPSU noted that it was possible to change the image of the Ukrainian refugee abroad. Currently, the average Ukrainian refugee is a woman with one or two children and elderly parents.

Men who try to cross the border are thoroughly checked. Sometimes, during the interview, a person admits that he bought his exit documents.

“We have repeatedly detained people who paid for money as truck drivers, and he does not even have a driver’s license of this category, sorry. We study him, interview him, and he says that, “yes, I paid 2 thousand euros, I paid” Of course, we hand these people over to the National Police,” Deineko added.

The DPSU has a division of operational and investigative activities, as well as divisions of internal security, but “periodically someone thinks that he is the smartest.”

“Unfortunately, we emphasize that female servicemen understand that they will not go to war, and for some time they abused this. They thought that no one would find out. They found out,” said the head of the DPSU.

Dodgers and fugitives

Recently, a 31-year-old resident of Kyiv surprised the police in Ternopil. He complained about the fact that unknown persons took possession of his funds based on the production of documents for going abroad. The dodger wanted to run away, but karma caught up with him.

Also in autumn, two people were detained while trying to cross the state border of Ukraine. The men were identified by the smell of cologne, which is why law enforcement officers found them. In addition, another Ukrainian tried to run to Moldova and fell into a three-meter trap. Border guards took him out of the pit.

On January 20, it became known that the Lviv border guards exposed the father of many children with one simple question. The man was on his way to Poland and provided the law enforcement officers with copies of three birth certificates for the children. He “sprinkled” quite epically.