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Emergency ministry sees no grounds for state of emergency
No grounds to impose state of emergency in Ukraine, says Emergencies Ministry.

Emergency ministry sees no grounds for state of emergency

Two days ago at 17:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
The Emergencies Ministry sees no grounds to introduce a state of emergency in Ukraine due to the flu epidemic.

"The situation at present is under control and predictable, and there is no need to announce a state of emergency," the director of the civil protection department of the Emergencies Ministry, Vasyl Kvashuk, said during a phone-in in Kyiv on Nov. 6.

He noted that a state of emergency can be introduced by the Verkhovna Rada at the request of the president.

At the same time, the emergency rule can be imposed only if there is a threat to citizens' lives and steps can be taken to stop the widening of this threat, Kvashuk said.