Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, speaking on Aug. 28 after the army lost a key town to separatists, said the situation in the conflict zone in the east was "extraordinarily difficult ... but controllable", Interfax news agency reported.
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Reuters: Poroshenko, after key loss to separatists, says situation ‘difficult but controllable’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a summit in Belarus' capital of Minsk on August 26, 2014.
