Suspect the former President of Ukraine failed to cross the border after the accusation of treason

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 Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is suspected of trying to cross the border to Poland but failed, while he is facing charges of treason.


Ukrainian media quoted a source from the state customs agency as saying that Poroshenko was apparently discovered at the border with Poland on May 27. This information raised suspicions that he may be trying to cross the border while facing treason charges.


Specifically, Mr. Poroshenko is said to have appeared in the Rava-Ruskam border area, west of Lviv in a private car last night (local time), according to the Ukrainian news site UNN.


Naval officers at the border appeared to have stopped him because they did not want to be responsible for deciding whether to let Mr. Poroshenko pass. Ukrainian customs has not yet commented on the incident.


Photos on social media show a man who looks a lot like Mr. Poroshenko talking to customs officers.


Mr. Poroshenko was the president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. The 56-year-old former official was accused by the investigative agency of "treason and aiding the activities of terrorist organizations". Kiev often uses the term "terrorist organizations" to refer to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko is suspected of assisting separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk in selling coal to the Kiev government while in office. If convicted, Poroshenko could receive a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.


Earlier this year, a court in Kiev ordered the seizure of a series of assets of Mr. Poroshenko, including a villa on the outskirts of Kiev, two apartments, several plots of land and shares in some of his companies. he.


However, in the ensuing trial, a court decided not to detain him or place him under house arrest, according to RT.


Poroshenko said that all the charges against him are politically motivated and he will appeal to the end.

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