Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko waits before a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Kiev June 7, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give up Crimea and would not compromise on its path towards closer ties with Europe, spelling out a defiant message to Russia in his inaugural speech on Saturday.
The 48-year-old billionaire took the oath of office before parliament, buoyed by Western support but facing a crisis in relations with Russia as a separatist uprising seethes in the east of his country.
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