“The people of Ukraine entrusted you not only to manage the state, but also to protect it, it is your direct duty in such a situation to be with us, with the Ukrainian people.
I now invite you to return to your homeland within 24 hours and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian army, with our diplomacy, with our people," he said in a video message.
According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov, 23 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada are outside the country.
As Ukrayinska Pravda reported earlier, Ukrainian businessmen and oligarchs are leaving the country on charter flights.