PM declares that Government severs agreement on military-technical cooperation with Russia
posted
20 May 2015
17:00
The Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine is making a decision on the termination of the agreement
on military-technical cooperation between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Prime
Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk
stated this at a Government’s meeting on Wednesday, May 20.
He recalled that
the agreement was signed on 26 May, 1993.
"The Russian Federation is an aggressor state. The Russian Federation illegally annexed Crimea, perpetrated military aggression to the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Russian Federation poses a threat to the Ukrainian state and its territorial integrity. Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine severs the agreement on military-technical cooperation with Russia," Arseniy Yatsenyuk highlighted.