Leader of "DNR" explains closure of checkpoints by fear of "Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups"

Leader of the "DNR" Denis Pushilin has explained the impossibility of residents of CADO to enter the territory of free Ukraine as a measure that protects against the mythical "Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups". The "DNR" leader Denis Pushilin said this in an interview with Russian Izvestia.

"Of course, there are all sorts of attempts. Now, the closed because of COVID border probably saves us from the full-scale involvement of sabotage groups. Nevertheless, this quite seriously corrects the organizational work on the introduction of sabotage groups into our territory from Ukraine", - Pushilin said.

As OstroV reported, Pushilin stated during a press conference that he did not going to open the checkpoints on the contact line, allegedly, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the free part of Ukraine.