thank you very much, andrey zharkevich, deputy general director for technical issues at rubbeltelecom, answered the program’s questions. next on the program is an event: modern approaches to protecting the union borders, visa-free for guests of the slavic bazaar in vitebsk, and a new rehabilitation program for children from donbass. we'll be back. to the studio in a few minutes. this is the events program for belarus 24 and we continue. the external border of the union state is under reliable protection. the sixtieth meeting of the board of border committees of belarus and russia took place in grodno. our columnist, elena puntus, knows what the heads and experts of departments discussed. at the meeting, the situation that is developing in... the union state was reviewed, and measures to protect external borders were also adjusted. existing threat challenges require modern approaches to ensuring the security and protection of allied borders. the focus is on modernization. programs for the development of border security until 2027. our parties have already reviewed the progress of the