The Ukrainian government has sufficient powers to restore order in Mariupol but it decided to withdraw troops from the city to avoid an aggravation of the situation, acting head of the Ukrainian presidential administration Serhiy Pashynsky has said.
“As for Mariupol, the situation today is quite tense and we even agreed to withdraw our army unit from the city, to the airport so as not to provoke further confrontation, to let the local community calm down,” he said at a Sunday briefing in Kyiv.
“The government has sufficient power in Mariupol,” he said adding that “nobody will go to kill local citizens.”
“We have officially addressed the city community of Mariupol saying that we are ready to resume city patrolling by police forces and the restoration of public order,” he said.
