Vladimir Putin wants “the whole [of] Ukraine” to be part of the “Russian empire,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday as his country celebrated 25 years of independence.
“It is absolutely the same situation like Russian bombardment in [the Syrian city of] Aleppo,” Poroshenko told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “They have only one purpose — [the] world should be less stable, less secure.”
Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists has escalated dramatically in eastern Ukraine of late, and officials in Kiev say some 40,000 Russian troops have moved close to Ukraine’s borders. Last week, Poroshenko warned of the possibility of a “full-scale …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
