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Beaten by Volodymyr Zelensky in the last presidential election, the former Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, decided to take up arms to defend the capital.
The appointment was given early, Monday, March 7 in the morning, at his HQ, in the center of Kiev (Ukraine). The former Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, makes his appearance. The former head of state has turned into a militia leader. Since the beginning of the war, Petro Poroshenko has led a resistance battalion in Kiev. But this Monday, he took the France Télévisions teams to a secret location, in the south of the capital. At the back of the convoy, a truck full of weapons that he delivered to fighters.
The region has already been bombarded by Russian aircraft, but will soon be the subject of a fierce battle. “There is no commander today, we are all protectors of Ukraine“, estimates Petro Poroshenko who then presents his delivery, military equipment paid for with his own money. Enough to arm the civilians present and determined to fight against Russia.
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