--- title: "DPSU Denies Rumors That Ex-Prosecutor General Kravchenko Left Ukraine 'By Call From Kyiv'" description: "The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has denied rumors that former Prosecutor General Kravchenko was allowed to leave the country 'by a call from Kyiv.' According to the DPSU spokesperson, he provided official business trip documents granting the right to depart." date: 2026-10-30T19:48:25.117Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/dpsu-denies-rumors-kravchenko-departure tags: [ukraine, border-service, ruslan-kravchenko, prosecutors-office, fact-check] author: "Alexander Buran" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # DPSU Denies Rumors That Ex-Prosecutor General Kravchenko Left Ukraine 'By Call From Kyiv' ![Former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko speaking at a press conference before microphones](https://xab.info/media/2026/10/30/gpsu-oprovergla-slukhi-o-vyezde-kravchenko-iz-ukrainy/gpsu-oprovergla-slukhi-o-vyezde-kravchenko-iz-ukrainy-1.webp) ## Key Points - The DPSU denied the version that Kravchenko left abroad 'by a call from Kyiv,' calling the rumors absurd. - According to the DPSU spokesperson, Kravchenko provided official business trip documents that gave him the right to leave. - An instruction to notify state bodies was triggered during processing, but no travel restrictions were issued. - The departure occurred amid Kravchenko's resignation following NABU and SAPO disclosures and his signing of a suspicion notice against the NABU director. On October 30, reports circulated in the Ukrainian media space claiming that former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko was allowed to travel abroad "by a call from Kyiv." According to sources from the publication Ukrainska Pravda, when Kravchenko arrived at the Shehyni checkpoint to depart for Poland, border guards allegedly did not want to let him through, but after a phone call from the capital, the decision was changed. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (DPSU) officially denied these statements. ### Official Position of the Border Guards DPSU Spokesperson Andriy Demchenko, commenting on the rumors circulating online, called them untrue and "extremely absurd." According to him, during border control procedures, Kravchenko provided official business trip documents, which in themselves gave him the legal right to leave Ukraine. Thus, from the perspective of the border service, no exceptional or extra-procedural decisions were made when processing his departure. ### Notification Order, Not a Ban Demchenko clarified that during the document processing, an instruction was triggered to notify the relevant state bodies of Kravchenko's departure. The initiator of this instruction, according to him, was immediately informed by phone that the former Prosecutor General had left the country. The DPSU spokesperson emphasized that such an instruction in itself did not prohibit departure. "Authorized state agencies did not provide any other instructions to the State Border Guard Service restricting this person's departure from Ukraine," he stated. ### Context: Resignation Amid Disclosures Kravchenko's departure abroad took place against the backdrop of resonant events in the autumn, when the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) exposed a top official of the Prosecutor General's Office for "covering" fraudulent call centers. Following this, Kravchenko submitted his resignation from the post of Prosecutor General. However, his immediate dismissal was impossible because it required the consent of the Verkhovna Rada. ### Signing of Suspicion and Departure Against this background, according to available data, Kravchenko managed to sign a notice of suspicion against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos and leave the country. It was this sequence of events—resignation pending a parliamentary decision and departure from the country—that prompted the versions about a "call from Kyiv" appearing online, which the border service now directly denies, citing standard departure processing procedures based on business trip documents. ## Accounts differ ### Circumstances of Kravchenko's departure abroad via the Shehyni checkpoint - **Sources from Ukrainska Pravda:** Border guards initially did not want to let Kravchenko go to Poland, but after a call from Kyiv, they decided to let him through. ([rbc.ua](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kravchenka-vipustili-kordon-za-dzvinkom-iz-1793389415.html)) - **State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Spokesperson Andriy Demchenko):** Kravchenko provided official business trip documents granting the right to leave; a notification order to state bodies was triggered, but no restrictive orders were issued, and no extra-procedural decisions were made. ([rbc.ua](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kravchenka-vipustili-kordon-za-dzvinkom-iz-1793389415.html)) *Where they agree:* Kravchenko went abroad to Poland through the Shehyni checkpoint — both sides acknowledge this. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Кравченко выпустили за границу "по звонку из Киева"? В ГПСУ отреагировали на слухи](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kravchenka-vipustili-kordon-za-dzvinkom-iz-1793389415.html) - Primary source: statement by DPSU spokesperson A. Demchenko refuting rumors, business trip documents, notification order without a travel ban; context of resignation and signing of suspicion. - [В ГПСУ опровергли, что экс-генпрокурора Кравченко выпустили за границу "после звонка из Киева"](https://censor.net/ru/news/4031296/v-gpsu-oprovergli-informatsiyu-o-nezakonnom-vyezde-eks-genprokurora-kravchenko) - Independent confirmation of the DPSU's denial of information regarding the illegal departure of the ex-prosecutor general. ## FAQ ### Was Kravchenko allowed to go abroad 'by a call from Kyiv'? The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine denied this version. DPSU spokesperson Andriy Demchenko called such rumors untrue and absurd, pointing out that Kravchenko provided official business trip documents granting the right to leave. ### Did border guards have instructions restricting Kravchenko's departure? According to the DPSU spokesperson, authorized state bodies did not provide the State Border Guard Service with any instructions restricting this person's departure. Only an instruction to notify relevant bodies was triggered, which did not prohibit it. ### Through which checkpoint did Kravchenko leave the country? According to reports, Kravchenko arrived at the Shehyni checkpoint to travel to Poland. ### In what context did Kravchenko's departure take place? The departure took place after NABU and SAPO exposed a top official of the Prosecutor General's Office, and Kravchenko submitted his resignation. Before his dismissal, which requires the consent of the Verkhovna Rada, he signed a notice of suspicion against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos and left the country.