Ukraine's newly elected president has pledged to retake Crimea and said he would not back down in seeking closer ties with Europe during his inaugural speech today.The comments come in the face of a deepening crisis in relations with Russia and a violent separatist uprising that has gripped the east of the country.
May 25, 2014 Presidential Election
Vice News: Ukraine’s Poroshenko pledges to retake Crimea
Ukraine's newly elected president Petro Poroshenko
