The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, will convene for an emergency session on January 27, Dmytro Stoliarchuk, the parliamentary speaker’s press secretary, told Interfax-Ukraine.
«An emergency plenary session has been set for Tuesday to discuss the situation in Donbas,» he said, citing Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman.
The agenda is to be announced on Monday, January 26, he said.
Hroisman earlier instructed the parliament to convene, saying that an emergency session might be called following Sunday’s meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.