From Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s speech to the Canadian parliament in Ottawa on September 17:
Today Ukraine pays a very high price for defending what we believe in – democracy and freedom to choose our own future. For more than two decades we proudly stated that Ukraine gained its independence without shedding a single drop of blood.
Today Ukraine is bleeding for its independence and territorial integrity.
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