14 August 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, reiterating his urgent call to redouble…
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Ukraine’s Western-backed billionaire Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as president on Saturday as glimmers of hope emerged for a solution to the bloody crisis that has pitted his splintered ex-Soviet country against Russia. Poroshenko took the oath of…
A fierce battle erupted Monday for control of the main airport in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, just hours after president-elect Petro Poroshenko vowed he would not let the country become another Somalia. Ukrainian fighter jets and combat helicopters…
Ukrainian tycoon Petro Poroshenko won the presidential election in the first round by collecting more than half the votes, the election commission chief said on Monday. “We can now already draw a fairly important conclusion: there will be no need for…
Billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko said Monday he would not let rebel-held east Ukraine become another Somalia as he prepared to take over the presidency with a clear signal from Moscow that it is ready to work with his government. Poroshenko has…