KYIV, May 3 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Ukraine has all the opportunities to build bilateral relations with partner countries, and does not need any "artificial entities like the CIS," the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

Groysman said on Wednesday, May 2, at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) devoted to the sanctions policy and Ukraine's withdrawal from the CIS bodies, that the policy of sanctions against individuals and legal entities of Russia, which was recognized as an aggressor country against Ukraine, should be continued and strengthened.