The city’s perimeter defense will be reinforced with engineering barriers — Zelenskyy’s decree

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Decree No. 1067/2026, enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on engineering barriers for the all-around defense of Ukrainian cities, according to the President of Ukraine.

The NSDC adopted the decision on September 25, 2026. It provides for the creation of a line of engineering barriers to ensure an adequate level of defense for cities and sets out the mechanisms for implementing these measures.

Details of the planned work are not included in the publicly available text of the decree: the decision itself is classified “For Official Use Only.” The decree is published on the official website of the President of Ukraine: https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/10672026–62217.

The secretary of the NSDC is responsible for overseeing implementation of the decision.

The construction of fortifications for the defense of Odesa has already been completed.

Previously, we reported:

• Antitank ditches and dragon’s teeth spanning several kilometers are being completed around Odesa — the city is being prepared for all-around defense
• Koblevo is being fortified against a landing: concrete and wire on the beaches, antitank mines at sea
• Water is no longer an obstacle: fiber-optic FPV drones are finding their way to Mykolaiv Oblast — Vitalii Kim
• An additional 300 million hryvnias allocated for the construction of fortifications in Mykolaiv Oblast
• More than UAH 473 million to be spent on building fortifications in Mykolaiv Oblast