The protest actions in Ukraine against the cancellation of social benefits are aimed at undermining the financial stability in the country, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Yanukovych gave one example where a family of lawyers from a village organized local residents to go to court to seek compensation for unpaid benefits.
According to the president, the courts ruled to take Hr 6 billion from the accounts of the State Treasury to pay the compensation.
"Today, those who received under court rulings pensions of Hr 30,000 a year, have come to break the fences [outside the parliament]… Because they want to disrupt the financial stability in Ukraine, to disrupt the political stability and go to the streets with pitchforks," the president said.
He also noted that law-enforcement agencies currently provide information that weapons are being bought into the country and armed attacks on the authorities are being prepared.
"I learned from law-enforcement agencies that arms are being bought [into Ukraine] and armed attacks on government agencies are being prepared," Yanukovych said.
"Tell me, have people lost their fear and conscience? Who’s organizing this? Not those who live most miserable life. Those who are in more difficult circumstances are silent, they are suffering and waiting," the president said.
