To resign now would be betrayal of Ukraine and cowardice - Yatseniuk
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that if he resigned in the current situation it would be a betrayal of the country.
"In the current situation, resignation would be a betrayal of the country and a display of weakness and lack of willpower. We have to fight to the last," Yatseniuk said in an interview with the Novoye Vremia weekly.
The interview was published in the print version of the magazine on June 26, 2015 and was posted on the publication's website on Thursday, July 2.
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