and here, the commander-in-chief of the ground forces, general varennikov, was urgently dispatched toyiv. he had to persuade the head of the verkhovna rada and member of the central committee of the communist party leonid kravchuk to support the coup and declare a state of emergency, in particular in three galician regions, met varennikov in kyiv and promised the full support of the commander of the kyiv military district viktor chechevato larisa skoryk asks him if this information is true that there are military units from all corners of the soviet union somewhere close to kyiv and that 36 or 37 planes landed in boryspil he said that no three not 37 24 planes seem to be there, why did they arrive before that, the ukrainian communists, led by first secretary gurenko, supported the cpsu, but the majority, together with the speaker of the parliament kravchuk, took a cautious position on the demand varennikova kravchuk appeared on ukrainian television, but not with the support of the communist party of ukraine, but with calls to prepare for the winter season, so i urge you, dear comrades