KIEV, March 18 - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said reforms and proposed Constitutional amendments aimed at the decentralization of the country's administration will be conducted in the country.

"Regarding the expansion of the powers of the regions. We have introduced a special position of deputy prime minister in the government, whose main task will be the decentralization of the administration. This large-scale reform will be conducted while preserving the unity of Ukraine, which will give the regions, cities, and districts broad powers and funding needed for the development of the regions," he said in his address to the residents of the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine.