A 19-year-old resident of Zakarpattia was detained while trying to illegally cross the Ukrainian-Slovak border.
This was reported by the Western Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
The young man, who was detained by soldiers of the Chop detachment, explained that he was going to Germany to meet a girl he met online. According to him, she refused to come to Ukraine, so he decided to go to her himself.
The guy, originally from Uzhhorod, knew the area well and chose to cross the border near Malyi Bereznyi. He got to the border area using a passing vehicle he found through the Bla Bla Car service.
During the document check, the guy was confused about the purpose of his trip, and then confessed to an attempt to illegally cross the border.