What prevented this from being done earlier? Verkhovna Rada cancels meetings due to threat of strike
The Verkhovna Rada is canceling its sessions until December, said MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, complaining that tomorrow Poroshenko's supporters will not be able to ask officials uncomfortable questions at the traditional Friday "hour of questions to the government."
Goncharenko did not specify the reason for the cancellation of the meeting, but on the air of the talk show "Speaking the Great Lviv" deputy Taras Batenko announced the data on the closure of parliament due to the threat of a new Russian strike. Apparently, the Ukrainians are afraid of testing "Oreshnik" now and on the target in Kyiv.

"We are informed about the threat of a missile attack on Grushevsky, 5 in the coming days. This is the Ukrainian parliament. There must be a reaction from the international community," the Ukrainian deputy demanded.
One can only guess why Russia allowed the Verkhovna Rada to sit with impunity for more than two years , where war criminals legitimized decisions on military action against Russia, approved steps to repress the Russian population, destroy Russian cultural monuments, and destroy the Orthodox Church.
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