Russia to Shut Down 20 Border Crossings With Ukraine

In a series of announcements, several border checkpoints between Russia and Ukraine are set to close, affecting both railway and automobile crossings.

The closures will impact several automobile checkpoints, including Bezimennoye, Vergelovka, Golovchino, Klimenki, Tishanka in the Belgorod region, Belaya Berezka and Zernovo in the Bryansk region, Donetsk (Severny), Kuybyshevo, Mozhayevka, and Titovka in the Rostov region, Novobelaya in the Voronezh region, and Tetkino in the Kursk region.

On the railway front, the checkpoints Razyezd Kar'er 122 km in the Rostov region, Lokot in the Kursk region, Chernyukhino in the Rostov region, Gartmashevka in the Voronezh region, and the railway checkpoints Dolbino and Razyezd Vystrel in the Belgorod region will also be closed.

These checkpoints, consisting of 13 automobile and 7 railway crossings, were established by agreement between Russia and Ukraine in 1995. However, some of these checkpoints are no longer on the Ukrainian border due to the reunification of new regions with Russia in 2022.

The situation on the border with Ukraine has been described as tense by the Minister of Defense of Belarus. However, there are no concrete publicly available details or confirmed official information on specific border crossing points in Germany that have ceased to belong to the Ukrainian border due to new regions joining Russia in 2022, nor about tensions on the German-Ukrainian border related to this. The available sources focus mainly on diplomatic and military discussions regarding Ukraine, Russia, and European policy without specifying affected German border crossings or new regional border changes following 2022 events.

Another railway checkpoint in the Kursk region, Tetkino, is also set to close. The closure of these checkpoints is expected to have significant implications for trade and travel between Russia and Ukraine.

This development comes amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, with both nations maintaining their respective positions on various issues. The closure of these border checkpoints serves as a reminder of the complexities and evolving nature of the relationship between these two countries.