14:33 27.03.2015

Ukraine to speed up Project Stina on Russian border in April

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Ukraine to speed up Project Stina on Russian border in April

The Ukrainian State Border Service will speed up the construction of a security line along the Russian border, including Crimea, in April to fulfill Project Stina (Wall).

"An active phase of engineering works on the border will resume in early April. In all, the project will take three years," service spokesman Oleh Slobodian said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

Engineering plans for every unit protecting the Ukrainian-Russian border have been drawn up and presented to a research institute which will submit them for the government's consideration, he said.

"The first UAH 10 million were transferred to the State Border Service administration this week consistent with the project estimate. So, we will be able to resume the active phase of engineering works on the border in early April," he said.

First of all, the works will be done in the areas controlled by Kyiv and protected by the Luhansk and Kharkiv border units, Slobodian continued.

He also reported an ongoing inspection of security and defense of the Donbas contact line by State Border Service chief Viktor Nazarenko.

"A group of officers of the State Border Service administration led by Service chief Lt. Gen. Viktor Nazarenko has been working to implement security tasks set for the contact line by the president," he said.

The group is checking security and defense systems deployed along the contact line, checkpoints, e-check systems, collaboration between departments, and some other issues.

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