Some 69 protocols served for illegal Shehyni border checkpoint crossing, 14 signed

Some 69 protocols have been completed for persons who illegally crossed the Shehyni Poland-Ukraine border checkpoint on September 10, State Border Guard Service official Oleh Slobodian has told the Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news service.

"Some 69 protocols have been formulated for persons who where identified," he said on Thursday.

Slobodian said 14 of the individuals returned to the checkpoint and signed the relevant protocols. The protocol for ex-Odesa State Regional Administration chief was read to him aloud.

Saakashvili arrived in Ukraine on September 10. His supporters gathered at the Shehyni checkpoint and began a fight with border guards in the transit zone, helping Saakashvili and a group of other people, including five parliamentarians, illegally cross the border. Thirteen Ukrainian National Police officers and nine border guards were injured in the incident.