# Guides for crossing the border

> Data updated 09:34, August 29, 2026 (Europe/Kyiv)
> Sources: [State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (dpsu.gov.ua)](https://dpsu.gov.ua) · [eCherha (echerha.gov.ua)](https://echerha.gov.ua) · [traveller reports](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/pro-servis#dzherela) · [nakordoni.eu](https://nakordoni.eu/en)
> HTML: https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady

Practical articles on choosing a crossing, what to prepare in advance and what has changed at the EU border.

- [How to choose a border crossing](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/yak-obraty-punkt) — Why the shortest queue is not the fastest crossing, how much a night departure actually saves, and when a 50-kilometre detour pays off.

- [How we calculate waiting times](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/yak-my-rakhuiemo) — The full YakNak methodology: where the car counts come from, how they become minutes, what the colours and dashes mean, and where we deliberately stay silent.

- [Documents for crossing the border](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/dokumenty) — What is checked when leaving Ukraine and entering the EU: passports, documents for children, documents for the car, and where to look up the primary source before you travel.

- [EES and ETIAS: what changed at the border](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/ees-etias) — The Entry/Exit System has been running at every external Schengen border since 10 April 2026. What it records, who is exempt, and what changes when ETIAS starts at the end of 2026.

- [Crossing the border on foot and by coach](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/pishky-ta-avtobusom) — Which crossings have a pedestrian lane, which take coaches, why the pedestrian queue behaves differently, and what to check when you travel without a car.

- [Customs allowances: what you may carry across](https://yaknakordoni.com.ua/en/porady/mytni-normy) — EU allowances for entering from Ukraine and Ukrainian allowances for entering from the EU: goods, alcohol and tobacco, cash, fuel and pets. With official sources and the date they were checked.