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Russia's War Against Ukraine
Fighting continued in and around the stronghold of Kremlin-backed insurgents in Slovyansk and neighbouring Kramatorsk on 8 June, a day after Petro Poroshenko vowed in his presidential inaugural address to seek out and destroy separatists ‘with blood on their hands.’
Poroshenko in his speech said Ukraine would endeavour to open a corridor for Russian fighters to Russia’s neighbouring Rostov province if they laid down their weapons and made an orderly retreat. In Luhansk province, meanwhile, Armed Don Cossacks were preparing to return to their native Russia.
