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The activists of the Spilna Sprava (Common Cause) organization have vacated the building of the Ukrainian Justice Ministry, the organization's leader, Oleksandr Danyliuk, has reported on Facebook.

“Spilna Sprava activists are switching from holding the building to blocking it,” he wrote.

As reported, Spilna Sprava activists occupied the Justice Ministry building at 13 Horodetskoho Street in Kyiv on Sunday night. They claimed that the state building was seized to provide shelter and heating for activists.

In a televised address, Justice Minister Olena Lukash asked the protesters to vacate the building, otherwise she would have to turn to the National Security and Defense Council to discuss a possible state of emergency.

UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko entered the building and tried to persuade the activists to vacate the ministerial building, but the activists ignored his request.