WASHINGTON — Petro O. Poroshenko was still the president of Ukraine earlier this year when his team sought a lifeline. With the polls showing him in clear danger of losing his re-election campaign, some of his associates, eager to hold on to their own jobs and influence, took steps that could have yielded a signal of public support from a vital ally: President Trump.
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) congratulates Yuriy Lutsenko (L) after winning the vote in the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv on May 12, 2016.
