Slovakia is increasing protection of the country's border with Ukraine, having purchased a total of 47 cameras worth 1.3 million euros ($1.46 million) to monitor its eastern border, according to Slovak Interior Ministry on Sunday.Meanwhile, the Slovak-Ukrainian border is currently monitored by a couple of hundreds of cameras. The Interior Ministry is now planning to boost the monitoring of the northern part of the border, which is more hilly.

The new system counting 47 cameras will be installed on a stretch between the villages of Ubla and Ulic, which is nearly 6 kilometers long.

"The system to be installed in the northern part of the state border with Ukraine will enable the creation of better technical conditions that will facilitate more accurate monitoring of people's movement at the places where it will be installed, which will increase the ability of Police Corps members to check and oversee the illegal crossing of national border," the ministry said.