Ukrainian govt to sever agreement on military-technical cooperation with Russia - Yatseniuk

14:00, 20.05.2015 1 min read

The Ukrainian government on Wednesday will make a decision on the termination of the agreement on military-technical cooperation with Russia, which was signed on May 26, 1993, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

"The Cabinet is making a decision to terminate the agreement on military-technical cooperation with Russia," Yatseniuk told the government on Wednesday.

"The aggressor state illegally occupied Crimea, perpetrated military aggression to the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and poses a security threat to territorial integrity. Therefore, the agreement is severed by the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers," Yatseniuk said.