The Ukrainian Government considers a possibility to reduce the cost of the project to construct the defensive facility at the state border called the European Rampart. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk during the extended meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday, 11 February, with the participation of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroysman, chairmen of regional state administrations.

The Head of Government informed he had had talks on this matter with Chairman of the State Border Service of Ukraine Viktor Nazarenko.

"There is a solution how to cut the cost of the development of the state border maximally," he stressed.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk noted that the main part of the project involves Kharkiv region. He appealed to the head of Kharkiv regional state administration Ihor Rainin to hold a joint meeting with the Head of the State Border Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, "We’ll meet and launch urgent activity to prolong work on the fortification of the state border, primarily on the territory of Kharkiv region".