In a strong statement to wannabe separatists, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered a shutdown of state services in rebel-held areas in the country’s east on Saturday, according to news reports.
“This is a decisive step, the games have stopped,” an anonymous security official told Agence France-Presse. “All the structures that the state finances will be withdrawn from there.”
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“Ukraine will no longer finance them. This includes schools, kindergartens and hospitals,” the official added, France24 reports.
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