ROSTOV-ON-DON. Aug 14 (Interfax) - The Kuibyshevo and Matveyev Kurgan posts of the Taganrog customs and the Voloshino post of the Millerovo customs have suspended operations, Southern Customs Department spokesman Rayan Farukshin told Interfax.
"The adjoining Ukrainian checkpoints Marinovka, Uspenka and Krasnaya Talovka are not working. Russian customs officers are on standby; they are prepared to clear individuals and vehicles through customs," Farukshin said.
The Kuibyshevo customs post was evacuated from 4 a.m. through 5. a.m. on Thursday because of the hostilities on the Ukrainian territory in the vicinity of the state border.
Ukraine's Novoazovsk checkpoint suspended operation from 00:30 a.m. through 6:30 a.m. Customs officers of the Veselo-Voznesenka post of the Taganrog customs continued to clear commodities and vehicles arriving in the Russian Federation.