The government of Ukraine has to ensure that housing and utility tariffs are uniform in all regions of the country, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

"I've given the government a task related to a very socially vulnerable sphere – to ensure that all regions of the country have uniform housing and utility tariffs. This is my principal position – electricity, water, and gas tariffs have to be the same for everyone, no matter where a person lives, and the government has to regulate these relations," Yanukovych said at a meeting to mark Day of Social Work.

He also said that the government has to change the state social policy.