This is the 3rd time we have crossed the border by car at this checkpoint. Previously, it was attracted by the fact that there are no long queues, usually 2-3 cars. The staff is friendly, if there are grounds and the terms of stay are met, then everything is normal.
BUT when we went on 04/03/2021, we were shocked by what was happening... We passed the Russian border in 1 hour and arrived at 20.00 at the Ukrainian border. what we saw was a queue of about 20 cars in Russian rooms (Russians and Moldovans were not allowed to pass, some checks have been carried out since April 1), they pass quickly in Ukrainian rooms and cars did not wait long. In general, our turn came at 6 a.m. 04.04.21 (10 hours of waiting, there is nothing there on neutral except a trash can, to drink tea or have a snack only if you have something with you). They launched us at the Ukrainian border at 6.00, and waited another 1 hour for the people who arrived by bus ahead of us to complete the registration. At 7 a.m., the husband (gr.rf) was taken away to check documents and for the sake of having a conversation with him for 20 minutes and looked at the documents, they held him for 6 hours!!!, and only then took everyone out of the car to check documents at passport control. Because in the past 180 days there was an excess of being on the ter.Ukr, they turned us around and gave us a written refusal (our plug is here, we miscalculated in days), but the fact itself - waiting and passing one border is a lot of wasted time and nerves.
If all the documents are in order, it is better to find out in advance what is necessary to cross the border (up-to-date information can be found on the website polis812.ru or by contacting the checkpoint directly by phone)the staff is friendly, they work quickly and there are no difficulties.
If this is a departure from Belarus to Ukraine, then everything is quite ambiguous here. First of all, Ukraine passes through itself only transit (3 days) and then with paper insurance against covid. And then the robbery begins in Belarus, crossing the border. There are wooden booths in front of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, allegedly Belarusian banking points (it seems 3 along the road, 1 at the gas station and 2 in a building on the territory of the border customs building). And they all sell fake insurance certificates at prices that are sucked out of their fingers. Such lawlessness and mockery of the population as in Belarus, as well as in Russia, still need to be searched. Well, the Ukrainian border service removes the fingers of the right hand from all those entering (obviously to check the Donbass past - and suddenly the person entering is left-handed. Then it's a puncture), and if you are not in the database (the check takes from 2 to 5 minutes), he lets you into his territory. Well, in general, something like that.