President Poroshenko is confident that the Parliament already has 300 votes to adopt the amendments to the Constitution to be voted at the next Parliament session in the first six months of the year, immediately after Ukraine gains control over its state border with Russia. He said that decentralization and constitutional amendments exclude the adoption of laws on the special status of any territory, and the project does not have a "black cat of federalization." Poroshenko claims that derailing the Minsk Agreements and blocking the constitutional process would lead to a full-scale conflict with Russia. According to him, Ukraine will regain control of Donbas in 2016.
In honor of the Ukrainian Unity Day, Poroshenko presented state decorations to Ukrainians, who have made contributions to the development and unity of the country.
A conference of Mayors - members of the Association of Ukrainian cities was held in Kyiv, where Kyiv Mayor Klitschko was elected its Head. Lviv Mayor Sadovy said that for Klitschko to be elected, the statute was changed illegitimately, while the Lviv Mayor's candidacy was not even voted. Klitschko believes that he has nothing to apologize for, since he received the majority of votes according to the procedure defined by the Association.
Parliament Speaker Groisman said that he would sign the law on elections in Kryvyi Rih after the MPs cancel the results of the previous elections. He also said that the amendment to the budget providing for e-declaration of income will be considered by the Parliament next week.
Finance Minister Yaresko believes that the issue of "Yanukovych’s debt" can be settled through negotiations with Russia without recourse to court proceedings. А meeting of Ukrainian and Russian officials to discuss the debt restructuring could be held in the near future.
Ukroboronprom Press Service reported that at the meeting of the company’s management with Assistant Secretary of State Rose it was decided to implement joint projects for the production of modern weapons and cooperation in the security area.
Prosecutor General's Office said that the case of the transfer of weapons to “titushky” fighters during the events on Maidan by the former management and employees of the Interior Ministry was submitted to court.
The trial on the fight at Dragobrat resort upheld the detention of two Right Sector members, while two others were released on bail under MPs’ guarantees.
