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Ukraine’s leader says Ukraine and Georgia will coordinate their efforts to reclaim areas captured by Russian-backed separatists.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was speaking Wednesday during his visit to Georgia, which fought a brief war with Russia in 2008. Two Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, declared independence after the war and have since enjoyed Russia’s broad political and financial support.

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