Poroshenko: Zelensky disrupted the meeting in the Verkhovna Rada

The fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that today’s meeting of deputies with the security forces in the Verkhovna Rada was disrupted by head of state Volodymyr Zelensky. He said this at a briefing broadcast by Ukraine 24 TV channel.

He noted that his political force initiated a meeting of deputies with the security forces in parliament in order to be ready for a possible Russian invasion.

“We tried to convey our proposals by inviting Zelensky to parliament, offering to take part in a meeting with Zelensky at the President’s Office in order to use all the experience, all knowledge, all connections to keep the peace. Unfortunately, today the meeting that was scheduled for 16:00, was canceled by Zelensky. He instructed to disrupt it, and the head of the Verkhovna Rada (Ruslan Stefanchuk. – Ed.) behaved not as the head of the Ukrainian parliament, but as a servant – not of the people, but a servant of Zelensky,” Poroshenko said.

The fifth president of Ukraine noted that the authorities motivate the postponement of the meeting in the Rada by saying that they could not gather deputies.

background

On February 12, the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that in connection with the emergence of new alarming data about the invasion of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine, the authorities should urgently convene a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council and the Verkhovna Rada. The politician demanded that the current President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky convene a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council with the participation of the leaders of all parliamentary factions to discuss proposals and develop a unified and joint action plan to protect the country.

Soon after, Oleksiy Goncharenko, a people’s deputy from European Solidarity, announced that a closed meeting of the heads of parliamentary factions and groups and representatives of the power bloc would take place on February 14. Information about the postponement of the meeting was also confirmed by the press secretary of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Maria Deineko.

The situation is heating up

• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that American intelligence shared information about the Kremlin’s new plans and that now there is a threat of invasion from Russia, and the Kremlin’s new scenarios are being discussed with Western partners.
• The head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, reported that Kiev could fall within 72 hours in the event of a full-scale Russian invasion. According to him, a Russian invasion could lead to the capture of Kiev and the deaths of 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers and 4,000 Russian soldiers.