Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called a meeting of his top security chiefs for Nov. 4 to discuss changing the strategy to handle the separatist challenge in the east after a rebel vote at the weekend which he denounced as a "electoral farce".
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Reuters: Poroshenko says Ukraine needs to change strategy in east after rebel vote
An elderly woman pulls \u0430 cart with firewood near the Donetsk airport, in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 3, 2014.