About 20 members of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) have left the country since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko said, Report informs with reference to UNIAN.
"There are different figures, I will not specify now... Nearly 20 parliamentarians are not in Ukraine," he said.
Kornienko also reminded that nine parliamentarians are on a business trip to the Council of Europe.
It was stated that the names of the parliamentarians, who have fled the country, are known to the Security Service of Ukraine.