The Party of Regions faction of the Ukrainian parliament has left the parliament session hall to protest the anti-terrorist operation conducted in eastern Ukraine.
Oleksandr Yefremov, chairman of the parliamentary faction of the Regions Party, told Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov: “I have heard one thing from the right side of the session hall for many years: that the main thing in our state is people and human rights. People are now being killed in eastern Ukraine […] We asked to halt the anti-terrorist operation, but you pretended that nothing is happening.”
“The Party of Regions believes that to work in the session hall in this situation is a supreme manifestation of hypocrisy. We are leaving the hall,” he said.
After that, all members of the Party of Regions left the session hall.
