New Ukraine President Seeks End to Violence

In his first address as Ukraine's new president, Petro Poroshenko declared that Crimea "is, was and will be Ukrainian."   The billionaire businessman took the oath of office in Kyiv Saturday, in front of parliament, world leaders and dignitaries including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Poroshenko — Ukraine's fifth president since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union — said in his inaugural address that he will not accept Russia's annexation of...

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