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| KIEV, Ukraine — Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko, a pro-European, billionaire confectioner, was sworn in as the fifth president of Ukraine on Saturday. | |
| Mr. Poroshenko was installed in a solemn ceremony at the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev after months of civil unrest that forced out the former president Viktor F. Yanukovych, and amid an ongoing violent separatist insurrection in eastern Ukraine that has effectively engulfed the country in civil war. | Mr. Poroshenko was installed in a solemn ceremony at the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev after months of civil unrest that forced out the former president Viktor F. Yanukovych, and amid an ongoing violent separatist insurrection in eastern Ukraine that has effectively engulfed the country in civil war. |
| Mr. Poroshenko began his speech by recognizing the so-called Heavenly Hundred demonstrators killed in clashes with the police in Kiev. | Mr. Poroshenko began his speech by recognizing the so-called Heavenly Hundred demonstrators killed in clashes with the police in Kiev. |
| “Some might say we got our independence without any effort,” Mr. Poroshenko told an audience that included Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. “That isn’t true.” | “Some might say we got our independence without any effort,” Mr. Poroshenko told an audience that included Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. “That isn’t true.” |
| After calling for a moment of silence he turned his attention to the pro-Russian violence in the east, and switched to speaking Russian from Ukrainian. | After calling for a moment of silence he turned his attention to the pro-Russian violence in the east, and switched to speaking Russian from Ukrainian. |
| He promised amnesty for fighters who put down their weapons, and safe passage for Russian insurgents who wish to go home. | He promised amnesty for fighters who put down their weapons, and safe passage for Russian insurgents who wish to go home. |
| To the peaceful citizens of eastern Ukraine, he said he would welcome dialogue. | To the peaceful citizens of eastern Ukraine, he said he would welcome dialogue. |
| “I will come to you with a plan of peace,” he said. | “I will come to you with a plan of peace,” he said. |
| Mr. Poroshenko, who spoke briefly in France on Friday with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, also addressed the invasion and annexation of Crimea by Russia. | Mr. Poroshenko, who spoke briefly in France on Friday with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, also addressed the invasion and annexation of Crimea by Russia. |
| “Crimea has always been and will always remain Ukrainian,” he said. He noted that he had told Mr. Putin as much in Normandy. | “Crimea has always been and will always remain Ukrainian,” he said. He noted that he had told Mr. Putin as much in Normandy. |