16 Apr 2014 18:59

Ukraine carrying out nationwide redeployment of armed forces - lawmaker

KYIV. April 16 (Interfax) - The acting parliamentary leader of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party confirmed on Wednesday that Ukraine is carrying out a nationwide redeployment of its armed forces because of an alleged threat of external aggression from the east.

"As the minister of defense has confirmed, the redeployment of general armed forces complies with all the procedures under the law that exists in Ukraine," Serhiy Sobolev told a briefing in parliament after a closed-door meeting at the legislature that heard a statement from acting defense minister Mykhailo Koval.