Denis Monastyrsky: High-quality arrangement of the entire border is an issue that we must definitely solve in the coming years
Today, October 2, during a working trip to Lviv region, the Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky and the head of the State Border Guard Service Sergey Deineko visited the section of the Ukrainian-Polish border. They got acquainted with the security system, the crossing operations, as well as the technical means used by the border guards during their stay service.
During the past two days, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky, together with his colleagues, went around and inspected the eastern part of the border, where he got acquainted with its arrangement in detail, and today checked the western border.
At the international road checkpoint “Rava-Ruska”, the head of the State Border Guard Service familiarized the Minister with the procedure for passing citizens and vehicles and the measures taken to counteract the spread of COVID-19 in Ukraine. In particular, regarding the use by border guards of electronic verification of COVID-19 certificates confirming the vaccination of citizens, a negative test result or recovery from the disease. Demonstrated software “SafeBorder” enables border guards to automatically check the validity of the document and its belonging to the relevant person when crossing the border of Ukraine. Denis Monastyrsky personally checked his work, providing his own certificate of vaccination.
“We arrived at the checkpoint to see how border guards work in the pandemic, as the Government plans to make certain changes in the work with certificates. We want to study this issue,” the interior minister said
On the “green” site, Denis Monastyrsky got acquainted with the organization of state border protection with the help of a mobile thermal imaging complex based on the car “TORSUS” and unmanned aircraft complexes. I visited the border line, where a control and track strip and observation towers are equipped.
“High-quality arrangement of the entire border is an issue that we must definitely solve in the next 2 years under the presidential program. We plan to equip Ukrainian-Russian and Ukrainian-Belarusian sections of the border next year. A year later, in 2023, the western border should be built. Today, from a bird's eye view, we had the opportunity to look at the border with Poland. Our task is to plan, get acquainted with how everything is arranged, how it works, and what else needs to be done,” the minister said.
Directly in the border unit, Denis Monastyrsky got acquainted with the procedure for changing the operational duty and the video control complex, which helps to monitor the checkpoint. Separately, the procedure for monitoring border outfits using the JPS-navigation system and proving information in case of situation is demonstrated.
“The Western and Eastern borders are different borders in terms of mood, in terms of tension, but after talking with border guards, the mood is only to protect Ukraine from an external enemy, from the Russian Federation, to build a state border,” Denis Monastyrsky stressed.
He also added that he discussed with the President of Ukraine the issue of raising wages for employees of the State Border Guard Service.
“I am convinced that the burden you carry and the responsibility with which you work on a daily basis should be properly assessed by the state. Of course, not everything will work out immediately, but the political will to arrange the border, to create the right conditions and to provide adequate money is indisputable,” he stressed.
The Minister of Internal Affairs thanked the servicemen for their service and, together with the head of the State Border Guard Service, awarded the medals of border guards of the Lviv border detachment.
