Dovzhansky (border checkpoint)

Dovzhansky
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Country Ukraine
Location Dovzhansky, Sverdlovsk
Coordinates 47°51′30″N 39°45′17″E / 47.85833°N 39.75472°ECoordinates: 47°51′30″N 39°45′17″E / 47.85833°N 39.75472°E
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Hours was Open 24 Hours, now closed
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Dovzhansky (Ukrainian: Довжанський) is a land border crossing between Ukraine and Russia on the Ukrainian side, in the town of Dovzhansky, Sverdlovsk city municipality, Luhansk Oblast.

The crossing is situated on autoroute (M03). Across the border on the Russian side is the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast. The outskirts of Novoshakhtinsk is 10 km from the border crossing and the city center is 20 km.

The type of crossing is automobile, status - international. The types of transportation for automobile crossings are passenger and freight. Trains traveling between Sverdlovsk and Novoshakhtinsk pass through the railway border crossing at Dovzhansky, too.[1]

The port of entry, "Dolzhanskiy", is part of the Dovzhansky customs post of Luhansk customs. Code checkpoint - 70207 02 00 (11)[1]

War in the Donets basin

On May 14, 2014, one day after the unrecognized declaration of independence by the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Ukrainian border guards at the Dovzhansky border crossing arrested a leading member of a Russian backed terrorist cell, Valery Bolotov. 150 to 200 armed Russian backed separatists attacked the Dovzhansky checkpoint where he had been held and freed the terrorist.[2][3][4]

Closing the crossing

On June 5, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine closed this border checkpoint and seven others[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] on the Russia-Ukraine border. At that time, separatists in eastern Ukraine had control of the border crossing allowing weapons from Russia to pass without controls. Subsequently, on July 1, 2014, the Ukrainian army regained control of this border point.[7][8][9][10]

  1. ↑ Luhansk Oblast: Chervonopartyzansk – Gukovo, Russia; Chervona Mohyla – Gukovo, Russia; Novoborovtsi – Alekseyevo-Tuzlovka, Russia; Krasnodarsky – Donetsk, Russia; Krasnodarsky – Nyzhni Shvyrov, Russia; Syevyerny – Donetsk, Russia; in Donetsk Oblast: Marynivka – Kuibyshevo, Russia
  2. ↑ Luhansk Oblast: Izvaryne - Donets, Russia, checkpoint temporarily closed by Ukrainian government on 24 June 2014.[5] 23 September 2014, the Izvaryne railway crossing for cargo trains is open 24 hours.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Пункти пропуску на кордоні із Росією — Державна прикордонна служба [Checkpoints on the Border with Russia]. The State Border Service (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Grytsenko, Oksana (17 May 2014). "Luhansk separatist leader Bolotov free in Ukraine after suspicious 'shootout'". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Interfax-Ukraine staff (16 May 2014). "Ukraine's prosecutor general classifies self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics as terrorist organizations". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ EU answer: Are the Lugansk People's Republic and the Donestk People's Republic banned terrorist cells according to the European Union?
  5. ↑ Operation of Izvaryne border crossing point in Luhansk region temporarily suspended Ukraine Government Portal. 24 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Checkpoints. The State Border Service. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Уряд ухвалив рішення щодо припинення руху через деякі пункти пропуску на кордоні з Росією// Урядовий портал. — 5 червня 2014.(Ukrainian)
  8. ↑ Government endorses decision to terminate traffic via certain border checkpoints with Russia Ukrainian Government Portal - 5 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Surrounded by War In Sloviansk: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 48) // Vice News, 10 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Сили АТО взяли під контроль прикордонпункт "Довжанський", - ЗМІ [Ukrainian security forces regained control of border crossing point 'Dovzhansky']. Espreso TV (in Ukrainian). 1 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

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