A Border Guard Swap Between Ukraine and Russia – From Captivity to Home

Photo from Petro Poroshenko’s Facebook

The two Ukrainian border officers disappeared on October 3, in North-Eastern Ukraine while monitoring the Russian border. The investigation showed signs of struggle where the abduction occurred. Russia’s Security Services, the FSB, later confirmed the arrests, saying that the guards illegally crossed the border.

The President expressed himself on the President’s official website, saying tha he personally met with the two border guards to welcome them back home.

Bohdan Marcon and Ihor Dziubak will now go to the hospital, where they will be provided with all the necessary medical care.

The Ukrainian government continues its efforts to obtain the release of all illegally detained Ukrainians by the Russian authorities, or the separatists.