(VOVworld) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has ordered government forces to remain on full battle alert despite the ongoing truce agreed between the Kiev government and the opposition 2 weeks ago. He gave the order on Wednesday, adding that enacting President Petro Poroshenko's peace plan does not mean "relaxing the work of the Defense and Interior Ministries".
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| Ukrainian servicemen ride on an armoured vehicle near the eastern Ukrainian town of Pervomaysk. (Photo: Reuters) |
The Prime Minister vetoed the special self-rule status in the next 3 years granted to Donetsk and Lugansk by a Ukrainian Parliament bill. Yatseniuk said the Ukrainian government will fully fund the restoration of Donbass which was damaged by clashes between government troops and the opposition.