
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko looks at a map in the Ukrainian army's anti-terrorist operation headquarters near the eastern Kharkiv Oblast city of Izyum, during a June 20 visit.© Presidential press service
In a country torn between Russia and western Europe, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's decision to resume an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels has carefully ignored both neighbors to show an ear acutely tuned to Ukrainian domestic politics.
Read the story here. Entities 0 Name: Ukrainian Count: 3 1 Name: Petro Poroshenko Count: 2 2 Name: Europe Count: 1 3 Name: Kharkiv Oblast Count: 1 4 Name: Izyum Count: 1 5 Name: Russia Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1mXyjiU Title: As West, Russia talk truce, Poroshenko heeds Ukrainians' call to arms Description: By Thomas Grove and Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) - In a country torn between Russia and western Europe, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's decision to resume an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels has carefully ignored both neighbors to show an ear acutely tuned to Ukrainian domestic politics.