"We came here to win"-Pro-Russian militant in Ukraine
- 10 years ago
Inauguration day for Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko.
He comes to power boosted by Western support -- but facing an immediate crisis of a separatists uprising in the east.
Poroshenko is promising peace -- but some separatists in Kramatorsk are not ready to give up the fight.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) PRO-RUSSIAN MILITANT, ALEXANDER MOZHAEV, SAYING:
"All of his suggestions about laying down weapons, and the chance to go back home peacefully is not for us. We didn't come here so that we could go home; we came here to win - to return to the orthodox people what belongs to them - not just to orthodox people, to all Slavs."
Poroshenko promised to visit the east with guarantees of Russian-language rights and proposals for decentralization -- an offer that comes too late for some.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) KRAMATORSK RESIDENT, LILIA, SAYING:
"We don't have the same path as Poroshenko. This can't be east and west together, especially after Kiev supported
He comes to power boosted by Western support -- but facing an immediate crisis of a separatists uprising in the east.
Poroshenko is promising peace -- but some separatists in Kramatorsk are not ready to give up the fight.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) PRO-RUSSIAN MILITANT, ALEXANDER MOZHAEV, SAYING:
"All of his suggestions about laying down weapons, and the chance to go back home peacefully is not for us. We didn't come here so that we could go home; we came here to win - to return to the orthodox people what belongs to them - not just to orthodox people, to all Slavs."
Poroshenko promised to visit the east with guarantees of Russian-language rights and proposals for decentralization -- an offer that comes too late for some.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) KRAMATORSK RESIDENT, LILIA, SAYING:
"We don't have the same path as Poroshenko. This can't be east and west together, especially after Kiev supported