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The Ukrainian State Border Service has tightened border control and restricted arrivals of foreign citizens, first and foremost male Russian citizens aged from 16 to 60, agency head Petro Tsyhykal has said.

“Checkpoint control has been tightened. The arrivals of foreign citizens, above all citizens of Russia, have been restricted. There is no admittance of male Russian citizens aged from 16 to 60,” Tsyhykal said at a meeting on heightening national defense levels, which was chaired by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Nov. 30 morning.