Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has commented on the Samopomich faction's withdrawal from the coalition, noting that one should be able to assume political responsibility.

"I can only sympathize with them [Samopomich faction]. It is needed to be able to bear political responsibility. But, we will not allow for throwing the country into the abyss of instability, chaos, absence of foreign support, reforms, economic and political destabilization," the prime minister said at a Cabinet meeting in Kyiv on Thursday.