KIEV, Feb. 4 – Deputy Economic Development and Trade Ministers Yulia Klymenko, Maksym Nefyodov and Natalia Mykolska, who is also Ukraine's Trade Representative, have said that they plan to resign following Minister Aivaras Abromavicius.

"I get many questions, and I want to confirm: yes, I'm resigning jointly with the minister… I fully support each word of the minister – not because I'm his deputy, but because I'm a responsible citizen and patriot of Ukraine. This is absolutely thoughtful and pragmatic decision. This is not a flight from the battle field, as there was never any battle, but its permanent imitation in which we were deliberately engaged,"