THE ANNUAL UKRAINE-NATO NATIONAL PROGRAM: AIR BORDER MONITORING, EUROPEAN DENSITY AND THE RETURN OF BORDER CONTROL IN THE ORDLO

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25 of May 2021 08:00

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to approve an annual national program under the auspices of the Ukraine-NATO Commission for 2021.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to approve an annual national program under the auspices of the Ukraine-NATO Commission for 2021.

Among other things, the document provides for the involvement of H125 patrol helicopters, light aircraft, unmanned aerial systems and unmanned aerial vehicles in the protection of the Ukrainian border.

A separate place in the program is occupied by the issue of border security for the longer term. The document includes a strategic goal, which should ensure the effective implementation of policy in the field of state border security by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Among the objectives is the restoration of control over a section of the state border of Ukraine within certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

By the end of 2025 it is also expected to increase the density of Ukrainian state border protection units in accordance with the EU regulatory requirements, with their respective staffing and logistical support.

By that time, it is planned to register the lands of the frontier zone for permanent use by military units of the State Border Guard Service and equip them with modern means of surveillance and engineering facilities, which will minimize the cases of illegal border crossing.

For an earlier perspective, until 2022, it is planned to improve cooperation between the subjects of integrated border management, connection of all departments to the information and telecommunications system of the State Border Guard Service, the use of information arrays in operational and investigative activities, and the like.

The Annual National Program under the auspices of the Ukraine-NATO Commission for 2021 contains a description of reforms in the relevant areas, defines their strategic goals, objectives, priorities, necessary to ensure effective and systematic implementation of the strategic course of the state to achieve full membership of Ukraine in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, stated in the Constitution of Ukraine.

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