July 3, 2014, 3 a.m.
President Petro Poroshenko will present his comprehensive vision of the power bloc to the Rada.
President Petro Poroshenko will present his comprehensive vision of the power bloc to the Rada.
He is speaking from the presidential box in the Parliament.
The President informed that he had appointed Lieutenant General Viktor Muzhenko as the new Chief of the General Staff.
Yuriy Kosyuk will be the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration, he will oversee the interaction of the security forces.
Poroshenko thanked acting Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval, whom he appointed deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
He presented the candidacy of Colonel General Valeriy Heletey, whom the Verkhovna Rada proposes to appoint as the new Defense Minister.
During Poroshenko's speech, Party of Regions member Olena Bondarenko shouted from the audience: "This army is killing children!"
In response, Poroshenko said, raising his voice: "We will not allow our army to be shamed and defamed!"
Ukrainska Pravda