US envoy meets with Poroshenko

KIEV: Washington’s UN ambassador met Wednesday with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko at a time of renewed hostilities with pro-Russian fighters and fears the Western-backed state was hurtling towards an imminent debt default.

Samantha Power’s show of support for Poroshenko’s embattled team will also see her speak to Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and senior cabinet members. The avowed critic of Russia and promoter of the ex-Soviet state’s budding alliance with Europe has scheduled a public appearance in Kiev for Thursday.