As a result of the drone strike on the bridge over the Dniester River on the Odesa-Reni highway near the Ukrainian village of Mayaki (Udobnoe) near the Ukrainian-Moldovan border on 18.12.2025, the Border Police of the Republic of Moldova announced temporary restrictions on the crossing of two border checkpoints for security reasons:

• “Mayaki-Udobnoe – Palanka” (the crossing is allowed only for exiting Ukraine in the direction of Moldova for all types of vehicles).
• “Starokozace – Tudora” (the crossing is allowed for exiting Ukraine in the direction of Moldova for all types of vehicles, and for entry from Moldova into Ukraine – for vehicles of all types, traveling exclusively in the direction of the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odessa region).

The Moldovan side informed about the overloading of the checkpoint “Mohyliv-Podilskyi – Otach” and recommended reorienting passenger transportation and freight traffic to alternative checkpoints on the border with the Republic of Moldova, in particular:

• “Mamalyga – Kryva” (on the border with Chernivtsi region),
• “Sokyriany – Oknytsia” (on the border with Chernivtsi region),
• “Bronnytsia – Ungry” (on the border with Vinnytsia region).

A temporary mobile camp has been set up near the checkpoint “Mayaki-Udobne – Palanka” for the needs of travelers, where it is possible to get food and hot drinks.

In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine recommends that citizens of Ukraine currently refrain from traveling through checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border in the Odessa region and use alternative routes on the border with Chernivtsi and Vinnytsia regions.

If you find yourself in an emergency abroad, or your life or health is in danger, we recommend that you immediately contact the nearest foreign diplomatic mission of Ukraine (https://tripadvisor.mfa.gov.ua/), or the 24-hour hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: +38-044-238-15-88, e-mail address: [email protected].