OREANDA-NEWS. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has commissioned the heads of regional state administrations (RSA) to summon daily operational meetings involving members of law enforcement agencies to coordinate the work to ensure the safety of citizens and infrastructure objects. He said during a teleconference with heads of regional state administrations at the Government’s House on Friday, January 23.

The Head of Government stressed that the RSA heads, who by law direct civil defence in relevant territories, should switch to the daily operational mode of work.

“As the chief of civil defence, I demand that every day each administration’s head, chairman of local militia, head of Security Service, head of a local unit of State Emergency Service, head of a strategic enterprise situated on your territory should gather an operational meeting in order to coordinate work on ensuring security of the civilians and infrastructure objects in each separate region,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk emphasized.

"It is your responsibility under the law, and therefore I ask to take appropriate orders by the heads of regional state administrations," he addressed the chairmen of regional state administrations.

"The maximum concentration, maximum mobilization and responsibility. Every morning you must begin with a prompt meeting with security agencies. Involving into it also emergency services, healthcare departments and the strategic enterprises that operate in your region", emphasized Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The meeting was attended by Chairman of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov, Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaychenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov, Chairman of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Serhii Bochkovsky, First deputy commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, chief of staff Olexandr Kryvenko, heads of regional state administrations, leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service of Ukraine and the State Emergency Service in the regions.