Speaker for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Oleh Slobodyan says almost 15,500 Russian citizens have crossed the Ukrainian border since the beginning of 2018 after a new biometric data monitoring system was launched, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine.
Adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior Zoryan Shkiryak has announced that Ukraine is introducing biometric passport control for Russian citizens as of December 27, earlier than originally planned.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov says that biometric passport control of foreigners on the Ukrainian border should be launched no later than January 1, 2018, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
On 30 June 2017, EU ambassadors approved the draft regulations of the European Union on the creation of an automatic system, which will register entry, exit and refusal of entry information of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Schengen area, according to press service of the EU Council.
The Ecolines bus transportation service has refused to transport Ukrainians with biometric passports heading for Bulgaria under the visa-free regime, according to their relative Olga Lenz, who posted photo proof on Facebook on Sunday, June 25.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov says Ukraine's State Border Guard Service is preparing to let only those Russians who have biometric passports cross the border, according to an UNIAN correspondent.