President Petro Poroshenko: "We will continue to pave the way for reintegration of the occupied Ukrainian lands through political and diplomatic steps."
From RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, Last Updated: January 18, 2018 21:35 GMT KYIV -- Ukraine's parliament has passed a bill that backers, including President Poroshenko, say will help Kyiv restore control over areas in the east that are held by Russia-backed separatists. The bill, which has been the subject of tension and demonstrations in a country whose stability has been undermined by nearly four years of war, was adopted with support from 280 lawmakers in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada on January 18. It goes to Poroshenko, who backed the legislation and celebrated its passage in social-media posts after the vote. "We will continue to pave the way for reintegration of the occupied Ukrainian lands through political and diplomatic steps," Poroshenko wrote on Twitter. ALSO READ: The Problems Critics Have With Ukraine's 'Occupied Territories' Bill Moscow said that the draft amounted to preparation for war. That is the same designation given previously to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia seized in 2014. […] https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-parl ... ration-bill/28982677.html
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