Ukraine faces risky year fighting to escape Russian orbit - Poroshenko


  • World
  • Monday, 24 Aug 2015

KIEV(Reuters) - President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukraine was facing a precarious year, warning that Russia had several strategies to undermine Kiev's attempts to move towards Europe.

He spoke at a ceremony in central Kiev to mark 24 years of Ukraine's independence from its former Soviet ruler, before travelling to Berlin for talks with the leaders of France and Germany on the implementation of a much-violated ceasefire deal with pro-Russian rebels in the east.

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