#Poroshenko answering Q if #Putin tried to scare him: I'm not scared of anything. I get strengths from a very strong nation that I represent
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) September 25, 2014
#Poroshenko: "I am afraid of nothing." but did not answer the question whether #Putin threatened him in phone calls and how exactly
— Katya Gorchinskaya (@kgorchinskaya) September 25, 2014
#Poroshenko asnwering Q if Donbass can become the new Transnistria: I have a scoop for you. There's no such "special status" bill
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) September 25, 2014
#Poroshenko on his son running for parliament: He didn't ask me when he volunteered to join the army.Now he's back & decided to run for parl
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) September 25, 2014
Heavy, continuous shelling today around #Donetsk airport, on northern edge of city - tense atmosphere in town. #Ukraine
— joanne mariner (@jgmariner) September 25, 2014
Here's the latest from our news desk on Poroshenko's presser today in Kyiv:
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has presented a broad plan of reforms that he said would allow Ukraine to apply for membership of the European Union in six years.
At a news conference in Kyiv today, Poroshenko also said that his peace deal with pro-Russian separatists meant that the "most dangerous" part of the five-month conflict in eastern Ukraine was over.
Poroshenko said the reform plan, called "Strategy-2020," included some 60 social and economic reforms and programs.
He singled out priority areas for reform, including ridding the system of corruption and decentralizing the power structures, reforming the tax system as well as law enforcement and security bodies, and working toward achieving energy independence.
Poroshenko said Ukraine's only alternative to "ambitious reforms" is to be "left alone with Russia."
(Reuters, AFP)
Here is a live feed of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's press conference today in Kyiv (in Ukrainian):
Whomever designed the logo of #Poroshenko's 2020 strategy must be fired. The font, colors and overall style are 100% #Yanukovych. Oops
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) September 25, 2014
Het logo van Porosjenko's campagne voor Oekraïens EU-lidmaatschap tegen 2020. Alsof de EU dan een staartje krijgt. pic.twitter.com/RBYw5PvUkL
— Lien Verpoest (@LienVerpoest) September 25, 2014
Sanctions busting. Moldovan fruit exports to Belarus up by 24 times since Russia embargoed them... http://t.co/0GHZwWseLL
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) September 25, 2014
Another Ukraine update from RFE/RL's news desk:
Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has signed a lustration bill adopted by the parliament on September 16.
Under the law, up to one million public servants, including cabinet ministers, will be screened for loyalty to root out corrupt practices hanging over from the previous pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych's administration.
The law is expected to purge officials linked to the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's east and Russia's other structures, including intelligence.
Officials unable to explain their sources of income and assets will be banned from public office for five to 10 years.
After signing the document at a press conference in Kyiv today in the presence of journalists and public activists, Turchynov called on President Petro Poroshenko to sign the bill into the law by the end of the day.
(UNIAN, Reuters, Interfax)