Poroshenko orders creation of HQ to coordinate oil depot fire clean-up
KYIV. June 9 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has instructed Deputy Prime Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko to urgently set up a headquarters in charge of a clean-up operation at the fire-stricken oil depot in the Vasylkivskyi district of the Kyiv region, presidential press secretary Svyatoslav Tseholko said on his Facebook account on Tuesday.
"The president instructed Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, who currently fulfills the prime minister's duties, to immediately set up a headquarters to deal with the consequences of the catastrophe in Vasylkiv, as well as assess the industrial safety of all facilities and reinforce their safety systems," he said.
This morning, Poroshenko was briefed on the situation by Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and sent National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov to Vasylkiv to coordinate a safe evacuation of civilians and military personnel, should such a need arise, Tseholko said.
Turchynov was also ordered to keep updating the local population about the emergency services' efforts.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is on a June 8-10 visit to the United States.