Government submits bill to parliament to increase Border Guard Service staff by 15,000

The Ukrainian government is proposing that Parliament increase the total number of servicemen in the State Border Guard Service by 15,000.

Source: Taras Melnychuk, representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) of Ukraine, on Telegram; Colonel Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda

Details: The Cabinet of Ministers has registered a draft law with the Verkhovna Rada entitled On Amending Section 9 Clause 1 in the Final Provisions of the Law of Ukraine On the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Given the urgent need to form and build up the combat reserves of the State Border Guard Service as part of the defence forces, to ensure the service’s readiness to take control of the state border within its internationally recognised borders in the post-war period, and to respond appropriately with the available assets and personnel of the State Border Guard Service to current and potential threats to national security at the state border, the draft law provides for an increase in the total number of servicemen of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine by 15,000.

Quote from Demchenko: "In today's realities, the State Border Guard Service needs to form combat units that perform tasks, including on the front line, and in the future will take control of border areas and, accordingly, perform defence tasks, which entails the need to increase the staffing of the State Border Guard Service."

Previously: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced an increase in the number of border troops on 12 March – in view of the current tasks of defending against the Russian aggression and long-term border protection.

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