Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili admitted he intended to back the newly-elected Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and advised him not to put an end to the anti-terrorist operations in Eastern Ukraine, UNN reported.
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Focus News: Saakashvili says anti-terrorist operations in eastern Ukraine should continue
Emergency doctors evacuate a wounded borderguard from the Federal Border Headquarters building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk on June 3, 2014, a day after heavy combat broke out with pro-Russian militants. US President Barack Obama on June 3 called on Russia to pressure separatists to stop attacking government forces in eastern Ukraine and to prevent the flow of fighters and weapons into the region.