Poroshenko pledges to retake Crimea, Donbas the way Savchenko returned

Poroshenko is hopeful about retaking Donbas and Crimea / Photo from UNIAN

"We will retake Crimea and Donbas and restore Ukrainian sovereignty there the way we've returned Nadezhda," Poroshenko said.

The president said that Savchenko is a symbol of pride and an invincible Ukraine.

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