The strip along the Ukrainian-Russian and Ukrainian-Belarusian border will increase to 2 kilometers in width.  

Cabinet Minister Oleg Nemchinov said in Telegram that this suggests the draft law №7475 "On amendments to some legislative acts on the protection of the state border" voted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, UNIAN reported.

"It will practically be a mined territory," he noted.

According to him, the amendments also regulate the involvement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and police in carrying out tasks to protect the state border, and determine the place of border guards in the overall system of the Defense Forces during martial law.

On February 24, the Parliament of Ukraine has adopted the Law on Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding the protection of state border of Ukraine (#7475) which regulates the issue of involving military units and subunits of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to implement the measures on strengthening the protection of state border of Ukraine. 310 MPs voted for this decision.