Authorities in Kyiv have denied reports that the father of a Ukrainian refugee who was killed in the U.S. was being prevented from attending her funeral because of travel restrictions on men of fighting age.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said Stanislav Zarutskyi had arrived in the U.S. "to say goodbye to his daughter," Iryna Zarutska, 23, who was murdered on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ukrainska Pravda reported.

It followed unverified but widely circulated reports that Zarutskyi had been unable to attend his daughter's funeral because of travel restrictions on military-age men in Ukraine, which were described by the border service as "absurd."

Newsweek has contacted the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine for comment.

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