Yanukovych: Any orders to Ukrainian armed forces to intervene in political events are criminal

13:40, 27.02.2014 1 min read

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych warns that any orders on using the Ukrainian armed forces inside the country would constitute a crime.

"I, as the incumbent president, have not allowed the armed forces to intervene in the domestic political events. I am ordering this now as well," Yanukovych said in a statement obtained by Interfax on Thursday.

"If anyone issues such orders to the armed forces, security and law enforcement agencies, such orders will be illegal and criminal," he said.