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Petro Poroshenko: We’re making steady progress in Ukraine, despite Putin
A handout picture taken on June 10 and released by presidential press-service shows Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) shaking hands with US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power prior their talks in Kiev. Washington's UN ambassador meet Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko at a time of renewed hostilities with pro-Russian fighters and fears of the Western-backed state's imminent debt default.
When I became president of Ukraine a year ago this month, Crimea had been annexed, the country was standing on the brink of war and—after more than 20 years of Soviet-style governance, endemic corruption, cronyism and inefficient policy—our economy was sliding into decay.