Russia’s FSB moves to eliminate the border zone with annexed Ukraine, despite lack of control over claimed regions
In the Rostov and Voronezh regions, as well as in annexed Crimea, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is dismantling the border zone that separates Russia from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. The independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo reported the move, citing the FSB’s orders.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is actively dismantling the border zone between Russia and Ukrainian territories it has annexed, despite lacking full control over these regions. The FSB's orders, revealed by independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo, aim to nullify earlier departmental orders requiring travelers to undergo checks at the annexed border zones.
Russia completed the annexation of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and the Kherson region in 2022, previously annexing Crimea in 2014. However, Russian forces only have near-complete control over the Luhansk region.
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