Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has signed a decree endorsing the National Security and Defense Council's decision to redeploy Ukrainian military units from Crimea to mainland, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Parubiy told reporters.
“Yes, the decree has been signed,” he told Interfax-Ukraine in Kyiv on Monday.
Parubiy said that the decree would be published soon.
Turchynov said on Monday morning that the National Security and Defense Council had instructed the Defense Ministry to redeploy the troops based in Crimea and to evacuate the servicemen’s families from the peninsula.
