PM: Russia's goal is to disrupt elections, oust current government and take over Ukraine

Russia’s aim is to disrupt the presidential elections, economic assistance for Ukraine, oust the current pro-European and pro-Ukrainian government and take over Ukraine both militarily and politically, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed at a government meeting on Friday, April 25.

He recalled that one week has already passed since the conclusion of the Geneva agreements aimed at stabilizing the situation in Ukraine: "After this meeting the government of Ukraine together with the entire international community has made practical steps to stabilize the situation. The only country that has not done anything but brought its troops on alert and involved hundreds of tanks and thousands of troops on the Ukrainian -Russian border is Russia. "

He stressed that the Government of Ukraine made practical steps that were discussed and declared in Geneva. The first step is a "broad and comprehensive constitutional reform." Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that public hearing on amendments to the Constitution would be held in Parliament on April 29: "Our goal is to decentralize power. Our aim is to protect every citizen of Ukraine. Our aim is to reflect in the new Ukrainian Constitution responsibilities of local communities, protection of national minorities, protection of Russian language and protection of other languages, protection of territorial integrity and unity of the country. And we follow this path."

However, the head of the Government emphasized that Russia, "by supporting the terrorists on the territory of Ukraine, has not done anything to withdraw such persons and to stabilize the situation ": " It is evident that Russia’s goal is to disrupt the presidential elections in Ukraine so that Ukraine would not have a legitimately elected president, oust the current pro-European and pro-Ukrainian government and seize the Ukraine as militarily and politically."

"All these plans will fail. We will defend our country by all means and methods that we have. By political, diplomatic and military ones," A. Yatsenyuk stressed.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the Government of Ukraine is going to adhere to the Geneva agreements. "We will carry out a constitutional reform and do our best to stabilize the situation. We are looking forward to the decision of the IMF in order to stabilize the economic situation. We will hold fair and transparent elections. "

"We are ready to release from liability only those who surrender weapons and immediately vacate illegally seized buildings, except those who have committed capital crimes," he said. 

Arseniy Yatsenyuk underlined that we always stand a good chance to settle the situation peacefully. “But the international community has realized that is the only state that does not want stability either in Europe or in the world. And this country is called the Russian Federation."