Ukraine's President vows to defend territory 'no matter what'
Ukraine's President vows to defend territory 'no matter what'
Ukraine's new President is inaugurated |
In suspense, a nation listened to the Ukrainian President's inaugural speech Saturday, hoping for answers to the question: Will there be peace?
"I don't want war. I don't want revenge," Petro Poroshenko said after taking the oath of office. But then his talk turned tough.
He promised to meet
anyone challenging Ukraine's territorial integrity with military might.
Alluding to a Biblical verse he said, "Who comes with the sword will
fall from the sword."
The statement was met with enthusiastic applause.
The country will build
the means to do so, Poroshenko said, and re-arming the Ukrainian army
must be a priority. "No one will protect us, if we do not learn to
protect ourselves."
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