Last checkpoint on division line in Luhansk region is blocked - governor
KYIV. June 10 (Interfax) - The only checkpoint to the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and back, which is located in the village of Rodina, the city of Zolotoye, Popasna district of the Luhansk region, was closed by the militia on Wednesday, Hennadiy Moskal, the head of the Luhansk military-civilian administration, said.
According to a report posted on Moskal's website, signs saying "Bridge mined" and "No entry" have appeared in front of one of the bridges leading to Rodina and armed people no longer let pedestrians, cyclists and road vehicles cross the bridge in the direction of the territory controlled by Ukraine.
"After traffic through Rodina was restricted due to permanent attacks on our farthest checkpoint, the so-called human rights activists not only began accusing me on social networking sites, but also filed a lawsuit seeking a reversal of the order. Although I let pedestrians, cyclists and road vehicles of international humanitarian organizations that carried various aid to the occupied territory cross the division line. The terrorists have done a simpler thing: they have just closed the last checkpoint to everyone," the governor said, commenting on the situation.
In this regard, the region's military-civilian administration is calling on everyone who has a pass and who wishes to travel to the territories uncontrolled by Kyiv to use the Artemivsk-Horlivka car corridor.
Moskal has also called on the people who call themselves human rights activists and who report on the situation with the crossing of the division line in the Luhansk region to "file a lawsuit against [LPR leader Igor] Plotnitsky demanding the opening of the checkpoint."