Dovzhansky () was a major land border crossing between
Ukraine and Russia next to the Ukrainian village of ,
Dovzhansk Raion.
The crossing was situated on autoroute (). On the Russian side an industrial area of
Novoshakhtinsk is about 7 km from the crossing.
A few hundred meters to the north of the road checkpoint was also a railway crossing point used by trains travelling between Sverdlovsk and Novoshakhtinsk.
The port of entry was "Dovzhanskiy" and had a customs checkpoint code of 70207 02 00 (11)
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War in Donbas
On May 14, 2014, one day after the unrecognized declaration of independence by the Lugansk People's Republic
The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR; , ) is a disputed territory administered as a republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk. The LPR was proclaimed by Russian-backed paramilitar ...
(LPR), Ukrainian border guards at the Dovzhansky border crossing arrested Valery Bolotov. 150 to 200 armed Russian backed separatists attacked the Dovzhansky checkpoint where he had been held and freed him.
Closing the crossing
On June 5, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine closed this border checkpoint and seven others on the Russia–Ukraine border
The Russia–Ukraine border is the international boundary between Russia and Ukraine. Over land, the border spans five Russian Oblast, oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts. Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in early 2014, the bo ...
. 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, until 1 August, where daily "Grad" rocket volleys and shelling by pro-Russian forces made the Ukrainian position untenable.
See also
* Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then ...
* Russia–Ukraine border
The Russia–Ukraine border is the international boundary between Russia and Ukraine. Over land, the border spans five Russian Oblast, oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts. Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in early 2014, the bo ...
* State Border of Ukraine
The state border of Ukraine (; abbreviated as DerzhKordon) is the internationally recognized boundary of Ukraine, encompassing its land, maritime territory, and airspace. The border is jointly secured by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine ...
* Highway M03 (Ukraine)
References
External links
State Border Guard of Ukraine website
from The State Border Service website
Russia–Ukraine border crossings
Luhansk Oblast
Geography of Luhansk Oblast
War in Donbas
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