Ukraine: Interior Minister asks for funds to build a fence on the border with Russia and Belarus
Ukraine must provide in next year’s budget funds for the construction of a fence on the border with Russia and Belarus – two critical segments of the state border – to prevent a possible influx of illegal migrants.
Ukraine must provide in next year’s budget funds for the construction of a fence on the border with Russia and Belarus – two critical segments of the state border – to prevent a possible influx of illegal migrants, said today in parliament Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky , writes Agerpres, quoting Reuters and Rbc.ua.
In the current context, Ukraine plans to conduct military exercises in the coming weeks to prepare in case migrants try to cross the border illegally, Monastirsky said.
The country also fears that it could reach the heart of the migrant crisis on Belarus’s borders with the European Union, accusing Russia of investigating the situation.
“Our key task is to detain and stop a possible massive influx of illegal migrants”
The migrant crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland was created by the Russian secret services, the Ukrainian minister said. At the same time, he added that this is only the first stage of a larger operation.
“The Kremlin can use this situation to cause maximum damage to the reputation of the European Union and Ukraine,” Monastirsky said, according to Gordon.ua, taken over by Agerpres. “We do not rule out the possibility that Russia may decide to deliberately transfer a large number of illegal migrants through Belarus to our territory,” the Ukrainian minister said.
“Our key task is to detain and stop a possible massive influx of illegal migrants,” the Ukrainian interior minister said.
The statements come in the context of the migrant crisis deepening. At the moment, the situation on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border is controlled and stable, the minister said, according to Agerpres.
The EU is sending 700,000 euros in aid to migrants on Poland’s border with Belarus
The EU has said it will send 700,000 euros worth of food, blankets and other aid to migrants on the border with Belarus, after it was criticized for doing too little to help thousands of people stranded due to the conflict between the East. and the west, writes Reuters, taken over by Mediafax. Thus, in the context of the current crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on the phone on Wednesday, for the second time in three days, with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
Merkel’s telephone conversations with Lukashenko are an unusual sign of closeness to a leader whom Europe has rejected as illegitimate since last year’s election.
EU chief executive Ursula von der Leyen announced the aid, while saying it was up to Lukashenko to end a crisis that Europe believes it has deliberately created.
“We are ready to do more. But the Belarusian regime must stop luring people and endangering their lives,” she told Mediafax.
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