Today he faces a country that is racked by war, struggling with corruption and pleading to the world for financial help while still stinging from Russia’s annexation Crimea.
“When a person wants to give everything and devote himself to something, as did the Heavenly Hundred, it can’t be for nothing,” he said, referring to the term that Ukrainians have adopted for those who died during months of protests in 2013-14 that led to the ouster of Ukraine’s Russia-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych.
The day after the killings, European Union envoys put heavy pressure on Yanukovych and opposition leaders to sign a pact that …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle