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In 2017, the task is to reach an internationally recognized state border of Ukraine in Donbas, and later in Crimea, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Tuesday during the meeting at the State Border Guard Service HQ.
"That's no propaganda statement or some idee fixe. This is the realities we'll face soon, and the state should rely on your willingness to take decisive action and the will to ensure that process," he said.
According to Avakov, the process will primarily involve border guards, and later the police, the National Guard, and judicial authorities.
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He also stressed that it would be a long-term mission because after the development of a plan and the definition of the task, it would be necessary to ensure control over the state border within a two-week period.