Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold crisis talks with his security chiefs Tuesday after pro-Russian separatists held elections meant to assert their independence from Kyiv. Poroshenko said the Sunday vote was a farce that violated a September cease-fire with the rebels, whom he dismissed Monday as “bandits, terrorists and interventionists.” “The pseudo-elections are a brutal violation of the Minsk Protocol of September 5th,” Poroshenko said. “The Minsk Protocol provides … …read more
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