The circumstances of the emergency are being investigated by law enforcement officers. Criminal proceedings have been opened, investigative actions are being carried out.
According to the Observer, the body of a border guard with a gunshot wound was found near the border with Romania. Before that, he was on duty.
“The Chernivtsi border detachment named after General-cornet Alexander Pilkevich (military unit 2195) guards 404.7 km of the state border with Romania and Moldova within the Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivsk (Verkhovynsky district) regions. Of these, the Ukrainian-Romanian section of the border is 234.7 km, the Ukrainian-Moldovan – 170 km. By land – 343 km (mountainous section – 82.6 km), along the Prut River – 61.7 km. Since 2008, the border detachment has been staffed exclusively with contract servicemen”, – said the press secretary of the Chernivtsi border detachment, Serhiy Brovko, adding that the deceased was 24 years old.
The circumstances of the emergency are being investigated by law enforcement officers. Criminal proceedings have been opened, investigative actions are being carried out.