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The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has made a decision to declare a state of emergency in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said. 

“In accordance with the Ukrainian Civil Protection Code, the Cabinet of Ministers has made a decision to declare a state of emergency at the state level. The Ukrainian government has made a decision to declare a state of emergency on the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” Yatseniuk said a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv on Jan. 26.