World & Nation
“Welcome to hell.”
June 7, 2014
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denied feeling pressure from U.S. officials or Trump proxies to open questionable corruption investigations.
Oct. 1, 2019
Opinion
It’s too early to declare an end to the crisis in Ukraine, where pro-Russia separatists continue, sometimes violently, to resist the authority of the central government.
June 10, 2014
Confectionery magnate Petro Poroshenko, the apparent winner of Ukraine’s presidential election, vowed Monday to swiftly begin talks with Moscow to bring an end to the violence in eastern Ukraine and restore unity in the bitterly divided country.
May 26, 2014
Pledging support for a new and fragile government, President Obama told Ukraine’s president-elect Wednesday that the U.S. will continue to back Kiev’s fight against separatists.
June 4, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Friday that Ukraine would bar Russian men from entering the country as part of a 30-day martial law imposed this week amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Nov. 30, 2018
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday called for NATO to deploy ships into the Sea of Azov, an inland sea his country shares with Russia, to support Kiev against attempts to take control of those waters after the Russian coast guard fired upon and seized three Ukrainian naval boats attempting to access the sea on Sunday.
Nov. 29, 2018
Faced with the strong possibility of being trounced by a comedian with no political experience, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has started throwing Hail Marys.
April 19, 2019
Ukraine’s new president thanked the United States for showing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but warned that greater tests lie ahead, telling Congress that his nation’s fight against Russian aggression “is America’s war, too.”
Sept. 18, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed Monday to deploy thousands more troops and hundreds of new armored vehicles, and warned Russia-backed separatists that they will be defeated in their quest to divide Ukraine from its Western allies.
Aug. 24, 2015