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| Ukraine orders troops to key cities | Ukraine orders troops to key cities |
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| Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has ordered army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive. | Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has ordered army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive. |
| Mr Poroshenko said the units were to protect Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kharkiv and the north of Luhansk region. | Mr Poroshenko said the units were to protect Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kharkiv and the north of Luhansk region. |
| He spoke after meeting security chiefs in the wake of elections in rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. | He spoke after meeting security chiefs in the wake of elections in rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. |
| He said he was committed to the current peace process but has proposed cancelling a key plank of the plan. | He said he was committed to the current peace process but has proposed cancelling a key plank of the plan. |
| The peace process was laid out in a 5 September ceasefire deal. | The peace process was laid out in a 5 September ceasefire deal. |
| Mr Poroshenko has proposed scrapping a law that gives special status to Donetsk and Luhansk. | Mr Poroshenko has proposed scrapping a law that gives special status to Donetsk and Luhansk. |
| Both regions staged swearing-in ceremonies for their pro-Russian leaders on Tuesday. | |
| Alexander Zakharchenko was inaugurated president of the Donetsk People's Republic while Igor Plotnitsky was sworn in as president of the Luhansk People's Republic. | |
| 'Pessimistic scenario' | |
| Ukraine and its Western allies have condemned the elections, held on Sunday. | |
| EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday that the polls were "illegitimate and risk putting in serious danger the path of dialogue and peace". | |
| She added: "The main risk I see now is that we close this window of opportunity for internal dialogue and for dialogue with Russia." | |
| New Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said at the same press briefing that Russian troops "were moving closer to the border with Ukraine". | |
| At the meeting of his security chiefs Mr Poroshenko said the reinforcements would be for the "construction of fortifications" against a "possible offensive in the direction of Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kharkiv and Luhansk north". | |
| He said Ukraine remained "a supporter of the peace plan" and would adhere to its terms, which were agreed in Minsk in Belarus. | |
| However, he said: "This does not mean that Ukraine will not be ready for a decisive action in case of a pessimistic and negative scenario." |