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Acting Ukrainian President and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov has assumed the duties of the supreme commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A respective decree of Feb. 26 has been published on the Web site of the acting head of state.

“In accordance with Paragraph 17, Part 1, Article 106 and Article 112 of the Constitution of Ukraine I assume from this day the duties of the supreme commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” reads the decree.