Ukrainians visited a total of 71 countries in the past year.
A decision to ban a foreign citizen's entry into Ukraine is taken individually for each person.
The so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR") claims that 957 foreigners from more than 30 countries have already received "passports" of "DPR" citizens, according to Information Resistance, a Ukrainian non-governmental project on information security.
Almost 1,500 foreigners, including over 100 artists, were banned from entering Ukraine in 2017 due to visiting the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Speaker for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Oleh Slobodyan says 3,300 foreigners, including 1,900 Russian citizens, crossed the Ukrainian border on the first day after a new biometric system was launched, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine.
Ukraine has introduced a new system of biometric control for foreigners entering Ukraine as of January 1, 2018; it is applicable to citizens of 70 states designated as countries of "migration risk," Russia is among them.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed Decree No. 256/2017 to enact a decision taken by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on July 10 to strengthen control over entry into Ukraine, departure of foreigners and stateless persons from Ukraine, their compliance with the rules of stay in Ukrainian territory, the presidential press service has reported.
The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine has been conducting pretrial investigations as part of criminal proceedings against foreign citizens on charges of waging an aggressive war against Ukraine, and 84 foreigners have already been charged with committing crimes against national security and territorial integrity, 64 of them are Russian citizens, according to the PGO press service.