Detention of Ukrainian border guards in Moldova: no proceedings initiated in Ukraine, - Prosecutor General’s Office. DOCUMENT
The Office of the Prosecutor General did not find any criminal cases in the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations that had been opened in connection with the incident involving Ukrainian border guards near the Moldovan village of Goloshnytsia on October 15, 2026.
This is stated in the OGP's response to a request from Censor.NET.
Details
The prosecutor's office noted that it had reviewed the data in the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations but found no criminal proceedings initiated in connection with the incident.
"We also note that the Office of the Prosecutor General has not received any materials or inquiries from the competent authorities of the Republic of Moldova regarding the circumstances of the incident in question," the document states.
What led up to this?
- In Moldova, two Ukrainian border guards were detained after they illegally crossed the border while pursuing a violator in a motorboat.
- The incident occurred on October 15 at around 3:00 p.m. near the village of Holoshnytsia. Two Ukrainian border guards in a motorboat crossed the state border while detaining a Ukrainian citizen.
- A Moldovan border police patrol arrived at the scene and detained two Ukrainian border guards. They were taken to the border guard headquarters to undergo the procedures required by law.
- On October 18, the State Border Guard Service announced that two Ukrainian border guards, who had crossed the border with Moldova on October 15 while pursuing a violator, had been returned to Ukraine.
