Ukrainian MPs call on the EU and the USA to impose sanctions against Yanukovych

Kiev/02.11.13/Turan :  Extraordinary sessions  of regional councils  will be held in half of the regions of Ukraine because of the situation in the country. The main question  at the sessions will be "On the socio-political situation in Ukraine." Sessions will be held by the regional councils   Kharkov, Lugansk, Donetsk, Odessa , Vinnitsa , Cherkassy, ​​Poltava , Kiev, Nikolayev, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kirovograd, according to Rosbalt .

In addition,  extraordinary sessions of Verkhovna Rada of Crimea  will meet in Simferopol, according to the "Ukrainian Truth" .

"Shameful  actions of state power  have lost their healthy sense. Bloody dispersal  by the  armed representatives of the state  the peaceful assembly of people in Ukraine, in the heart of Europe,  should be regarded not only as a violation of human rights , but as a crime," reads the  statement  of the  Ivano-Frankovsk regional council .

In addition, MPs called on the EU and the USA to impose sanctions against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and members of the government. A general strike is planned for December 2 in  Lvov, said  the head of the Lvov regional council Peter Kolodiy, "Interfax -Ukraine"  reported. 

Meanwhile, the authorities are preparing to introduce in Ukraine a state of emergency. Today rallies against the Ukrainian authorities continue in the center of Kiev . The most dramatic events took place  outside the presidential administration, which  the protesters tried to storm, but were driven by internal forces.-02D-