Poroshenko puts in operation NSDC's decision over Russia's aggression

The cabinet of ministers of Ukraine is ordered to take a number of urgent measures to overcome the consequences of the situation in Donbas and recognise the DNR/LNR as terrorists.

Petro Poroshenko signed the decree on putting in operation the decision of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) of January 25, 2015 "On Emergency Measures of Countering Russian Threat and Manifestations of Terrorism Supported by the Russian Federation", Liga.net cites a press release of the Ukrainian president's press service.

In accordance with the NSDC's decision, the cabinet of ministers of Ukraine is ordered to take urgent measures to provide aid to the people affected by terrorist attacks in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, first of all to civilians of Mariupol.

The government is instructed to elaborate a series of draft laws, particularly, on the improvement of composition, functions and powers of the Anti-Terrorist Centre under the aegis of the Security Service of Ukraine and the establishment of criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity.

The government with participation of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting is instructed to take urgent measures on the termination of Russian informational aggression carried out by foreign and national media.

The government and local state administrations must determine and ensure the establishment of places for temporary deployment of people evacuated from certain territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions within two weeks.

The Security Service of Ukraine is instructed to intensify informational and explanatory work to neutralise dangerous influence of Russia on socio-political situation in Ukraine and its certain regions; organise timely and comprehensive informing of the people in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kherson regions and the city of Kyiv about the order of actions in conditions of terrorist attack threat, particularly, through the creation of respective websites and social media pages with local executive government within two weeks.

The Ministry of the Interior must immediately increase control over the compliance with the order of registration of the place of living and the place of residence of Ukrainian citizens, foreigners and stateless persons.

The State Fiscal Service together with the State Service of Financial Monitoring was instructed to immediately take efficient measures to identify and eliminate terrorist financing channels.

The NSDC offered the National Commission responsible for the state control over the energy and housing sectors and the state-owned company Energorynok to take measures to stop deals on the electrical energy market with the plants that produce electrical energy in the temporally uncontrolled territories.

Heads of Donetsk and Luhansk Regional State Administrations are instructed to immediately take comprehensive measures to ensure the functioning of critical infrastructure of inhabited localities situated in the controlled territories; and measures to enhance the personnel provision of regional state administrations.

The NSDC also offered the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to take steps on the recognition of the so called "DPR" and "LPR" as terrorist organisations.

The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine held a special meeting on February 18 and adopted decisions to response to the occupation of Debaltseve by militants and Russian forces and the violation of the Minsk agreements.