On the border of Ukraine and Belarus, they began to build barbed wire and chain-link fences. As the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine writes on its Facebook page, the northern section of the border began to be strengthened due to the migration crisis. The construction of helipads that had begun there was explained by the possible transfer of a reserve “in case of a sharp change in the situation.”
Engineering arrangement began in November 2021, specified in the message. It is noted that at the moment more than 4 thousand bays of barriers have been used. The State Border Service has been allocated 21 million hryvnias (56 million rubles) to strengthen the state’s defense capability, with these funds it will be possible to make fences to block about 62 km.
According to the plans of the Ukrainian authorities, in 2022 it is planned to equip more than one and a half thousand kilometers of the border with Russia and more than a thousand kilometers of the border with Belarus. In another two years, the border with Moldova and with the EU countries will be arranged according to the same scheme.
Earlier, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Russia could attack Ukraine “at any moment”.
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