Bomb reportedly planted in Rada. Journalists evacuated - MPs continue their work

A government protection officer told reporters in the press box about a called in report of a bomb plant in the Parliament and ordered them to evacuate.

A Ukrinform correspondent in the Rada reports.

Meanwhile, the Parliament continues its session in the hall. Speaker Volodymyr Groysman asked lawmakers whether they will respond to the report on the bomb threat in the Rada. "Is someone scared? - I'm not," he said. The MPs’ response was to go on with their work.

When journalists asked what happened, a security guard at the Radal said: "Someone called the police and reported a bomb plant. We ask the journalists to leave the press box and exit through the first entrance."