sentences:  During the 24 August 1991 parliamentary debate precede the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine Yukhnovskyi was the MP who first called on parliament to immediately declare Ukraine as an independent democratic state.In the first presidential elections in Ukraine Yukhnovskyi was supported by 554,719 voters (1.74%) and took 5th place out of 6 candidates.In 1992 he was appointed as the first vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.