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Narodnyi Front (People’s Front) faction in the Verkhovna Rada unanimously voted for withdrawing from the coalition on May 17 morning, the Ukrainian media said, citing its sources.

According to Ukrayinska Pravda, faction head Maksym Burbak will formally announce the decision later today.

The faction met on May 17 morning in the presence of Arseniy Yatsenyuk and unilaterally supported the initiative. “No one has voted against, we are relieved to leave,” a source told Ukrayinska Pravda.