Now the enemy is trying to use the period of political turbulence to ruin our achievements on the path of reforms and European integration - President

"At the moment, it is necessary to pass the period of changing the authorities without any internal political turbulence. It is not only about the newly elected President of Ukraine taking up duties, but also about the election of the Verkhovna Rada," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said during a speech at the ceremony commemorating the victims of political repression on the territory of the Bykivnia Graves State Historical and Memorial Preserve.   

"For the enemy openly tries to use this period of political turbulence in order to ruin our achievements on the path of reforms and European integration. To incite strife, hostility and chaos in our society, to set people against the authorities with the use of Ukrainians. To destroy the Ukrainian statehood," the Head of State said.

According to him, the main task facing the responsible Ukrainian politicians today is to ensure continuity of the policy of reforms, reinforce the institutions of Ukrainian statehood and continue the European and Euro-Atlantic integration.

"It is only such policy that allows us to guarantee the support of our allies from Europe, the US and other states, which Russia is trying to destroy at any cost now. And we need to understand this absolutely clearly," he concluded.