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Ukraine to cut number of border checkpoints from 219 to 49

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published March 11, 2020. Updated March 11 at 5:38 pm

Ukrainians with cars cross the Shegyni-Medyka checkpoint on the border with Poland, some 100 km from Lviv, Ukraine.

Photo by AFP

Ukraine will partially close the state border from March 12, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said.

“Starting from tomorrow [March 12, 2020], 49 of 219 border checkpoints will be operating. The rest will be closed for citizens and transport,” he told a press briefing following the government’s meeting on March 11.