UKRAINE CROSSING POINTS - Snapshot: July 2021
Despite the 15.5 per cent increase in civilian movement across the “contact line” in July compared to June (97,000 vs. 82,000), the number of civilian crossings remains low, representing just 7.5 per cent of 1.3 million crossings recorded in July 2019. Since the movement across the “contact line” remains limited to certain categories of people, 212,471 individuals, many of whom are likely residents of non-Government-controlled areas (NGCA), opted to transit through the Russian Federation via the crossing points (CPs) “Milove” (Luhanska oblast) and “Hoptivka” (Kharkivska oblast) to enter Government-controlled areas (GCA) in July. However, the limited capacity of these border crossing points and long processing times are reported to have resulted in people spending up to 24 hours to cross to GCA. OPERATIONAL UPDATES ENTRY/EXIT CROSSING POINTS (EECPs) MAP EECP KEY FIGURES (July 2021) On 22 July, the President signed a law cancelling administrative fines for crossing the uncontrolled section of Legend the Ukrainian-Russian border to transit to GCA from NGCA.¹ Following the entry into force of this law, NGCA 'Contact line' as of August 2018 Number of ‘contact line’ residents will no longer be required to pay these fines at “Milove” and “Hoptivka” crossing points while COVID-19 ≈ k crossings by people Non-operational EECP 97 restrictions are in place provided that their justification for crossing falls under certain humanitarian exemptions.² While the law provides the possibility for the State Border Guard Service to exempt a person from paying a fine on Operational EECP Number of ‘contact line’ other grounds, reportedly, it hasn't been applied consistently to date. In addition, the application of this law should Partially operational EECP ≈ crossings by vehicles be extended beyond the period of COVID-19-related quarantine and apply in case of any other emergency-triggered 550 ‘Hoptivka’ Planned EECP closure of the “contact line” or introduction of severe movement restrictions. <1% Kharkiv On 28 July, to mitigate transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant, the Government announced the 4% reinstatement of app-monitored self-quarantine³ for people crossing international borders and the “contact line”. Stanytsia Luhanska Travellers vaccinated with WHO-approved vaccines4 will be exempt from self-quarantine, however NGCA residents Civilian vaccinated with Sputnik vaccines, will be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test result and/or KHARKIVSKA crossings of Novotroitske self-quarantine. Furthermore, NGCA residents transiting through the Russian Federation (RF) to enter GCA may be OBLAST ‘Milove’ contact line in Marinka LUHANSKA July 2021 affected by a new mandatory 14-day self-quarantine without the possibility to cancel it for all travellers who spent GCA over seven days in COVID-19 Delta strain high exposure areas, which includes the RF. Travellers spending less than seven days in the RF will be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test, which might further increase Sievierodonetsk 95% processing times and lead to longer queues at the border crossing points. ‘Zolote’ ‘Shchastia’
Kramatorsk ‘Stanytsia MAIN REASONS TO CROSS On 28 July, the Cabinet of Ministers approved free-of-charge bus transportation services for people crossing the Luhansk Luhanska’ “contact line” on foot. Bus services will be provided by the State Enterprise “Reintegration and Reconstruction” to ‘Maiorske’ (bridge) DONETSKA assist the elderly, people with disabilities, women with children and other low-mobility groups to cross the EECPs.5 LUHANSKA Visiting relatives GCA Humanitarian partners are working closely with the Ministry for Reintegration and the municipal company to work NGCA out the modality and technicalities of the provision of transportation services. processing times and lead to longer Donetsk queues at the border crossing points. ‘Marinka’ DONETSKA Withdrawing cash NGCA ‘Novotroitske’ 1. The Parliament had adopted the law on 29 June, and it was pending President’s signature for some time. RUSSIAN 2. The detailed list is available at link. FEDERATION 3. The provision came into force on 5 August. Recovering a pension
4. WHO approved vaccines as of 15 July 2021 available at link. ‘Hnutove’ 5. Ministry for Reintegration.
Sea of Azov COMPARISON OF THE MONTHLY CIVILIAN CROSSINGS (2019 - 2021) CIVILIAN CROSSINGS AT CPs WITH RF CIVILIAN CROSSINGS AT EECPs EECP GCA to NGCA NGCA to GCA 1.2M CP Inflow Outflow Number of crossings in JUNE JULY JUNE JULY JUNE JULY JUNE JULY 2019 STANYTSIA 46,53840,591 45,228 0.9M HOPTIVKA 77,382 80,578 62,674 72,627 LUHANSKA 37,851 2020 MILOVE 27,615 28,769 25,967 30,497 NOVOTROITSKE 1,402 2,567 1,952 2,688 0.6M 2021 TOTAL 104,997 109,347 88,641 103,124 MAIORSKE 0 0 0 0 0.3M MARINKA 9 6 20 7 29k 40k 55k 53k 52k 82k 97k HNUTOVE 0 0 0 0
Jan Feb March AprilMay June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec TOTAL 39,262 49,111 42,563 47,923
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 12 August 2021 Sources: OCHA, R2P, SBGS, humanitarian partners Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int www.facebook.com/ochaukraine