The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the Ukrainian language is the only state in the country.

" To live besprepyatstvenno means and besprepyatstvenno speak our native language, to follow the 10-th article of the Constitution, and this determines the Ukrainian language as the only state and guarantees the free development of Russian and other languages, " said Poroshenko during the official ceremony of taking office.

on the first day weekend, the winner of the elections of the head of the Ukrainian country Petro Poroshenko took the oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people and became the fifth President of independent Ukraine.

Since the beginning of March in the East of Ukraine was held large-scale demonstrations, demanding a referendum on the future of the region, decentralization of power and giving the Russian language a status of the second state. Later rallies turned into a protest movement. Since mid-April, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine a special operation to suppress. In the Russian capital this special operation called punitive and campaigning Kiev immediately to stop her.

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