NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday that the checkpoints will be manned by border guards, police and representatives of the fiscal services, and will be equipped with special devices for the identification of individuals.
The first checkpoint is on the Luhansk-Shchastia-Novoaidar route. The second is Luhansk-Stanitsa, Luhansk-Shyroky. The third - Fashchevka-Debaltseve-Artemivsk. The fourth - Goptovka-Artemivsk. The fifth – Donetsk-Kurakhovo. The sixth - Donetsk-Mariupol (through Volnovakha) and the seventh - Novoazovsk-Krasnoarmijsk-Talakovka-Mariupol.
“The routes along which the checkpoints are being set up are the safest way to cross the demarcation line, as the rest of the area is heavily mined and local people have been informed about this,” Lysenko said.
"We do not recommend bypassing the checkpoints when crossing this line," Lysenko added.
