KIEV, Feb. 22 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman at a meeting with representatives of the so-called trade blockade in Donbas pointed out the risks for Ukrainians coming from the blockade and assured that the government is ready to strengthen control.

"The prime minister supports strengthening control over smuggled goods on the territories near the ATO zone and strengthening control over the goods crossing the contact line between the territories under control of the Ukrainian government and areas that are not under its control. He said that the government is ready to make the decisions in the competence of the Cabinet of Ministers," Prime Minister Spokesman Dmytro Stoliarchuk wrote on his Facebook page after the meeting.