“Pursuant to the Code of Civil Defence of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a decision to declare an emergency regime at the state level. The Ukrainian Government approved a decision to introduce the emergency regime on the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions”, stressed the Head of Government. casinoin.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk informed that the Cabinet of Ministers had taken a decision to introduce the high alert mode on the entire Ukraine’s territory.
“But don’t confuse it with the state of emergency and martial law, which are enacted by Parliament’s decision. Our decision is aimed at only one thing – everyone should work 24 hours a day and seven days a week,” he said.
“These decisions are aimed at complete coordination of activities of all authorities to ensure the safety of citizens and civil protection of the population”, Arseniy Yatsenyuk emphasized.
Another decision approved by the Ukrainian Government was to establish a State Emergency Commission, with Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk to chair the State Emergency Commission and Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Hennadii Zubko and Chairman of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Serhii Bochkovsky as his deputies.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk informed that the Government had decided to establish regional emergency coordinationcenters, “In each area, by analogy with the State Emergency Commission, chaired by head of regional state administration there shall be set up a corresponding regional emergency commission”.
He stressed that an objective for both the state and the regional commissions is to hold an inventory of all civil protection objects. The Prime Minister said that the Cabinet of Ministers would issue a special order which authorizes the State Emergency Service to verify all the civil protection objects.
Another task of the Commission, according to the Head of the Government, is to form a single registry of required delivery of supplies and equipment. Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to the heads of regional administrations to create such registries at the regional level, “This single register should contain engineering equipment, logistical support and clothing, medicines, food”.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed the SES Head Serhii Bochkovsky to start forming a single demand registry for engineering equipment as “terrorists destroyed dozens units of engineering equipment in possession of the Emergency Service”.
The Prime Minister appealed to Health Minister Olexandr Kvitashvili together with the State Reserve Agency to carry an inventory of warehouses and to immediately submit to the Government their decision on unlocking resources of the State Reserve Agency, including drugs and pharmaceuticals.
“After the State Emergency Service summarizes overall demand for medication, I ask the Ministry of Health to address our western partners and international organizations with a request to provide additional humanitarian aid in the shape of medicines and medical purpose goods that are needed to eliminate the consequences of theemergency situation”, stressed Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Moreover, he ordered the State Reserve Agency in synergy with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, PJSC the Agrarian Fund to promptly obtain requests for nutrition from the State Emergency Service “to check what is in reality, not on paper, stored in the elevators and warehouses”.