KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that nearly 7,000 civilians have been killed in the yearlong war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists. In an address to the Verkhovna Rada on May 8 he said that more than 1,000 people remained unaccounted for. The figures mark a significant increase from the … Continue reading Poroshenko: 7,000 civilians killed