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The Ukrainian government has announced that it is shoring up security and military forces in the north of the country on its border with Belarus and to the south on what it calls the administrative border of the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea: the exact language of the government and the armed forces of the nation.
Serhiy Deineko, in charge of the State Border Guard Service, was quoted confirming he’d returned from inspecting the Ukrainian border with Belarus and had identified measures for strengthening protection against alleged Belarusian threats.
In his words: “We need to continue building up the system of protecting the state border with Belarus. This applies to the entire section, including the borders of the exclusion zone…we are further strengthening our technical and engineering capabilities. We must ensure the national security of Ukraine from all possible threats.”
Border Guard Service detains eight hang-gliders transporting contraband across border over 2020 2 min read
In 2020, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine detained eight hang-gliders involved in the smuggling of contraband goods across the state border, the head of the service Serhiy Deineko said. Recently, we have detained four hang-gliders in Chernivtsi region, which kept us on the alert for the last one and a half months. This year we have already detained two planes, and, together with these four, eight hang-gliders, Deineko told Interfax-Ukraine. People are risking their lives to throw several boxes of cigarettes and earn money. The situation is very egregious. And how many cases have they crashed, the official said.
We not recording threats from Belarus now – Ukraine s State Border Guard Service 2 min read
To date, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine does not record threats from Belarus for Ukraine, Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Major General Serhiy Deineko said. As for the threat from Belarus to Ukraine, we also do not see it. We understand all the risks. We have operational and special units actively working. Our main goal is to ensure the national security of Ukraine and our citizens from all possible threats, Deineko told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, Ukraine does not pose a threat to Belarus either.