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KIEV, June 16. /TASS/. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it has banned public passenger transport from crossing the disengagement line in Donbas (the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions).
The ban is contained in an updated version of "The provisional procedure to control movement of persons, vehicles and cargoes [goods] across the disengagement line within the boundaries of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions."
"Crossing the disengagement line by public passenger transport is prohibited, except for nonscheduled transportation for certain organized groups of people [refugees, children for rehabilitation and recreation] on relevant permits issued under a decision of the coordination center," the document said.
Six checkpoints: Lisichansk, Zaitsevo, Georgiyevka, Bugas, Gnutovo, Novoaidar will operate for crossing the disengagement line in Donbas inside vehicles. Checkpoints on the railroad will operate at the stations Krasny Liman, Konstantinovka, Pereyezdnaya and Volnovakha.