Ukraine’s president says his country’s armed forces are “willing and able to fight back” should the cease-fire agreement reached in September between his government and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine unravel.
President Petro Poroshenko spoke in Kyiv Friday after meeting with Ukraine’s top security officials. He said the situation in the east must be resolved through dialogue – but that his government has taken “serious steps” over the past two months to prepare the armed forces to defend the country.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Friday that the country’s number one task is to reform the military and acquire new …read more
Source: Voice of America
