Arseniy Yatsenyuk assures the border is being built and will be built. Objectors support Russian aggression

The Government of Ukraine will adopt a new edition of "the European Rampart" program of the state border of Ukraine. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said this at a Government meeting on Wednesday, February 18.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the State Border Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine are carrying out tasks set by the Government on the construction of the security line, "This line is currently bordering the ATO zone and preventing Russian terrorists and mercenaries from breaking into territories which are controlled and will be controlled exclusively by the Ukrainian authorities."

The second security line, according to him, is "the European Rampart" along the state border of Ukraine.

"I would like to inform all the pro-Russian forces, the European Rampart is being built and will be built. The security line is being built, operating, and we will not allow terrorists, mercenaries, bandits and other sponsors of Russian terrorism transferring weapons, crossing the state border, crossing the security line and sending reconnaissance and sabotage groups there," Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed.

He recalled that last year the Cabinet had allocated UAH235 million for the construction of the state border. Under these funds has been build the security line as well as engineering structures and anti-tank ditches on the Ukrainian-Russian state border.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to the Ministry of Finance to allocate UAH70 million remaining from the principal sum for the project implementation.

The Prime Minister said that after a series of consultations dedicated to the reduction of project’s costs and its higher effectiveness the Government would approve a new edition of the European Rampart project today.

According to Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the preliminary costs of the construction of the state border have been at least halved.

He has also stressed that he insists on setting weapons of destruction at the border.

"The border is being built and will be built. And objectors to the border, to security of the Ukrainian citizens are supporters of Russian terrorists and Russian military aggression. We said, thus we are doing and will complete," he underlined.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk addressed to Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov "personally supervise this issue", because the State Border Service reports to the Interior Ministry.