Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy opened the morning session of the Parliament. The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is also present there. 367 people's deputies registered in the hall.
Petro Poroshenko’s speech to appeal to the deputies is the first on the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada today's plenary session at 10:30 a.m. Kyiv time.
Seven new deputies, who won the by-election on July 17, will take their oaths. They must declare, which political force will join.
Then deputies will move to the question of granting consent to the detention and arrest of a judge.