kyiv.Ukraine.Ukraine Gate – November 24,2021- Additional police units took part in the protection of the part of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, which passes through the territory of the district in the Zhytomyr region.
“Beginning at eight in the evening on November 23, as part of a special operation to strengthen the border with the Republic of Belarus, additional police units conducted a joint patrol in the north of the region with the border guards and the National Guard. The main task of law enforcement officers is to protect law and order in communities,” the statement said. and educating the local population to prevent the dangers of illegal immigration.
It is noted that the police response sectors of the patrol police and district officers, special forces of the GUNP have joined the maintenance of law and order and preventive work with the population.
Law enforcement officers, together with the servicemen of the State Border Service and the National Guard, work at road posts and as part of auto patrols.
The length of the section of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border within the Zhytomyr region is 250 km.
The Lukashenka regime after the EU sanctions provoked a migration crisis on the borders of Belarus with Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. Migrants from Iraq, Syria and a number of African countries arrived en masse in Belarus, and the border service of this state delivered them to the EU borders.
Thousands of people are currently blocked in the border strip. As the winter colds approach, this situation threatens to escalate into a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs attracted additional forces of the National Guard to strengthen the border in the directions of potential movement of illegal migrants from Belarus.