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UPDATED! Saakashvili Lashes Out At Poroshenko, Quits As Odesa Governor
By Christopher Miller
KYIV -- The boisterous former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has resigned as governor of Ukraine's turbulent Odesa region, accusing the Ukrainian president of dishonesty and the central government of sabotaging crucial reforms.
"This is going on quite openly," Saakashvili told an outdoor press conference streamed live on Facebook from the port of Odesa.
Then, in an apparent allusion to the continuing war pitting Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine against the central government in Kyiv, he added that the “Odesa region is being handed over not only to corrupt people, but also to enemies of Ukraine.”
Read our just-updated story in full here.