248 deputies out of 273 registered in the session hall, voted for the bill.
Earlier, during the consideration of the draft law, the majority of the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada from factions of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense left session hall of the parliament.
It is reported that after the amendment was not supported by members of the opposition MPs, the representative of BYuT Oleg Lyashko said that none of the amendments, filed by a coalition was not supported.
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.