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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced Serhiy Taruta's dismissal as head of Donetsk Regional Administration and Oleksandr Kikhtenko's appointment in his stead. 

“The president has just thanked Serhiy Taruta for his work and introduced Oleksandr Kikhtenko as the new regional administration head,” presidential press secretary Sviatoslav Tseholko told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.