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http://ift.tt/2t8yKm6 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during mass open-air concert on European Square in Kiev on June 10, 2017, dedicated to the abolition of EU visas for Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine celebrates visa-free travel to Europe as a waiver agreed with the EU enters into force on June 11. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “breakaway” from Moscow. The move is symbolic for Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt in 2014 toppled the previous Russia-backed government and was followed by Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula sparking a protracted ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. “The visa-free regime for Ukraine has started! Glory to Europe! Glory to Ukraine!” Poroshenko tweeted early Sunday after hundreds of Ukrainians crossed the EU border. Only those with biometri...

http://ift.tt/2t8yKm6 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during mass open-air concert on European Square in Kiev on June 10, 2017, dedicated to the abolition of EU visas for Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine celebrates visa-free travel to Europe as a waiver agreed with the EU enters into force on June 11. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “breakaway” from Moscow. The move is symbolic for Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt in 2014 toppled the previous Russia-backed government and was followed by Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula sparking a protracted ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. “The visa-free regime for Ukraine has started! Glory to Europe! Glory to Ukraine!” Poroshenko tweeted early Sunday after hundreds of Ukrainians crossed the EU border. Only those with biometri...

http://ift.tt/2t8yKm6 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during mass open-air concert on European Square in Kiev on June 10, 2017, dedicated to the abolition of EU visas for Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine celebrates visa-free travel to Europe as a waiver agreed with the EU enters into force on June 11. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “breakaway” from Moscow. The move is symbolic for Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt in 2014 toppled the previous Russia-backed government and was followed by Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula sparking a protracted ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. “The visa-free regime for Ukraine has started! Glory to Europe! Glory to Ukraine!” Poroshenko tweeted early Sunday after hundreds of Ukrainians crossed the EU border. Only those with biometri...