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Biden Arrives In Ukraine Amid Reports Of Boost In Nonlethal Military Aid
Ukraine's president starts the day with a tribute to the Euromaidan (and later just "Maidan") protests that began one year ago today in response to then-President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to abandon talks aimed at an EU Association Agreement.
Pro-Maidan messages trickling in from European officials.
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, Liga.net, and other media quote a parliamentary source as saying say five parties -- Petro Poroshenko Bloc, Popular Front, Samopomych (Self-Help), the Radical Party, and Fatherland (Batkivshchyna) -- have signed a coalition agreement after tough talks following the October 26 elections.
It reportedly includes NATO membership as a stated goal, efforts to win back Crimea through legal channels, and minimum 3 percent defense spending.
The Interpreter offers a good precis of the detailed Liga.net report, including noting:
Thus there are 289 [seats] in the ruling coalition, 29 in the Opposition Bloc, 7 combined in ultranationalist parties Right Sector and Svoboda, 3 in other small parties, and 96 (21%) declared as independent.
More profiles of the ranks of the Maidan: