Novotroitske checkpoint in Donbas resumes work, Zolote still closed

13:50, 17.05.2016 1 min read

The representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have unblocked the Novotroitske checkpoint in Volnovakha district of Donetsk region, Kyiv has said.

"The Novotroitske checkpoint fully resumed its operations this morning. Currently the transport vehicles are gathering by the checkpoint in order to cross the demarcation line. The border guards have already checked 20 vehicles which proceeded to the uncontrolled territory," the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service press service said.

The service recalled that in late April "representatives of the illegal armed groups" refused to let individuals and vehicles pass the border in this direction.

"At this time, the officials of the State Border Guard Service were constantly on duty and remained in Novotroitske, fully ready to perform border checks of individuals and vehicles," the press service said.

At present, according to the information from the border service, the Zolote checkpoint in the zone of the special operation in the southeastern Ukraine has not yet resumed its work.