KIEV, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian government has allocated an additional 3.88 billion hryvnias (100 million U.S. dollars) to build defense fortifications, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Friday on Telegram.

Out of the sum, 1.7 billion hryvnias (43 million dollars) will be used to install reinforcements in the eastern Kharkiv region, and 1.5 billion hryvnias (38 million dollars) will go for fortifying the northern Sumy region.

The rest of the funds will be channeled for the construction of protecting structures in the southern Kherson and Mykolayiv regions and the eastern Donetsk region.

Since the start of the year, the government has allocated a record 30 billion hryvnias (766 million dollars) to construct defensive lines amid the conflict with Russia. Enditem

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