A basketball player from a Kyiv club was detained while attempting to cross the border illegally

A leading Ukrainian basketball player was detained while attempting to illegally cross the border. He was apprehended by border guards and subsequently mobilized.

This information was reported by Maks Sergeev, the former president of the Kyiv Basketball Federation.

Media sources, citing insiders, clarify that the player is 26-year-old guard Vadym Zaplotynskyi of Kyiv-Basket. He tried to cross the border through the mountains in Bukovina as part of a group.

“He was detained by the border service. Then he was introduced to the territorial recruitment center and transferred to an airborne assault training center,” Sergeev writes.

Zaplotynskyi was recognized as the best defender in the Superleague for the 2023/24 season. His team secured third place in the national championship.

According to the basketball portal basket.com.ua, another player from “Kyiv-Basket” attempted to cross the border with Zaplotynskyi. However, the name of this player has not yet been disclosed.