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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Fri May 1, 2015, 03:50 PM May 2015

Poroshenko: "The war will be over only when Ukraine regains control of Donbass and Crimea."

Baku-APA. Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko said on Thursday the war in Ukraine will over when Donbass in back in Ukraine, APA reports quoting TASS.

"The war will be over only when Ukraine regains control of Donbass and Crimea. It will take as much time as it takes. The country’s territorial integrity must be priority number one. We will use every ways possible. We will be uncompromising on that matter," he told the Ukrainian STB television channel.


Crimea had a referendum on reunification with Russia on March 16, 2014. With a record-breaking turnout of 80%, the overwhelming majority of Crimea’s and Sevastopol residents (96.7 and 95.6%, respectively) voted in favour of ceding from Ukraine and joining Russia. After the treaty of Crimea’s and Sevastopol’s reunification with Russia was approved by the Russian parliament, President Vladimir Putin on March 21, 2014 signed a federal law on admitting two new constituent entities in the Russian Federation.


Despite the absolutely convincing results of the referendum, Kiev has been refusing to recognize Crimea as a part of Russia.

http://en.apa.az/xeber_poroshenko__the_war_in_ukraine_will_over_226495.html

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Poroshenko: "The war will be over only when Ukraine regains control of Donbass and Crimea." (Original Post) jakeXT May 2015 OP
AKA never? pscot May 2015 #1
Poroshenko "Digs in His Heels"....signalling this Stand Off with Russia will continue...... KoKo May 2015 #2
Boo Hoo Jesus Malverde May 2015 #3

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
2. Poroshenko "Digs in His Heels"....signalling this Stand Off with Russia will continue......
Fri May 1, 2015, 08:41 PM
May 2015

SIGH..........

Why can't these "installed" leaders WAKE UP! What is at stake here? For Poroshenko its Money from the West and keeping his Power....but, in the end, can he really achieve that? Has he even thought about that?

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