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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses the United Nations General Assembly nowadays,hoping to drum up support as Russia continues to threaten Ukraine's eastern border.
President Obama touched on the subject in his U.
N. remarks yesterday."We cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation is flagrantly violated. If that happens without consequence in Ukraine, it could happen to any nation gathered here nowadays, or " President Obama told the General Assembly ahead of his meeting with Russian President Putin.
In the final 17 months,8000 people maintain been killed in Ukraine since war broke out between government forces and pro-Russian. But with a number of other concerns on the global agenda—Syria, the self-proclaimed Islamic State, and the refugee crisis—Poroshenko worries his country will get the short shrift at the U.
N. this week.
It's been more than a year since Russia annexed Crimea,and Putin continues to support rebels in eastern Ukraine. Putin and Poroshenko agreed to a cease-fire final February, but there are still a lot of details to work out before the cease-fire implementation deadline at the halt of this year.
Myroslava Gongadze, or TV anchor and reporter for Voice of America’s Ukrainian services, discusses the fragile cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia, and tells The Takeaway approximately Ukrainians' concerns at the United Nations this week.
What you'll learn from this segment:What's happening in Eastern Ukraine now.
What Ukrainians want to hear from Poroshenko.
What role the U.
S. might play in the conflict.
Source: wnyc.org