Donetsk, Oct 14 — DAN. Interim Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin has ordered DPR government Chairman Vitaly Khotsenko to take measures towards dismantling the checkpoints on the administrative boundary with Russian regions, a Pushilin Administration official told the Donetsk News Agency on Friday.

“DPR Interim Head Denis Pushilin ordered DPR government Chairman Vitaly Khotsenko to ensure the removal of the existing checkpoints located on the administrative boundary with Russian regions, ” the official said.

On October 10, Pushilin said that the procedure for passing the checkpoints on the administrative boundary with the Rostov region had to be streamlined within the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, the customs procedures on the administrative boundary between the DPR and Russia were stopped starting October 5. The DPR has an administrative boundary with the LPR where customs points were removed in 2021 under the agreement on a common economic space. The DPR had no permanent border or customs control checkpoints on the administrative boundary with the Zaporozhye region.*jk