KIEV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Friday of challenging the “entire democratic world” by annexing Crimea and allegedly arming separatist rebels in the east of his ex-Soviet state.
The pro-Western leader also called on Ukraine’s Western allies to toughen their trade and other sanctions on the Kremlin and its biggest firms, should Moscow fail to fulfil the terms of a tentative peace deal to the 17-month war.
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“By the aggression against sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, Russia has actually challenged the entire democratic world,” the 49-year-old former…Keep on reading: …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
