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Friday 11 OctOber 2019
Ukraine leader: Predecessor trying to derail peace process

Associated Press want the disengagement
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrai- keeping coming there and
nian President Volodymyr do random shooting, there
Zelenskiy accused his pre- won't be any pullback," he
decessor on Thursday of said.
fomenting protests to derail Zelenskiy emphasized that
a peace process for the the weapons pullback was
country's separatist-held a key condition for holding
east and said talks with the four-way summit, which
Russia were the only way has no date set yet.
to end the five-year war The planned withdrawal
there. of troops and weapons by
Zelenskiy told reporters both government forces
that Petro Poroshenko, the and the separatists was
incumbent leader he de- to begin Monday but was
feated in April, was "push- delayed because of shell-
ing" people to oppose the ing from both sides. The
withdrawal of heavy weap- pullback again failed in
onry in eastern Ukraine, two locations in eastern
where fighting against Ukraine on Thursday, sepa-
Russia-backed separatists ratist officials said. In Kyiv,
has killed more than 13,000 the military in charge of the
people since 2014. operation in the east said
"He is against the pullback one Ukrainian soldier died
and he thinks that he can Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during talks with journalists in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thurs- in shelling Thursday.
spearhead another Maid- day, Oct. 10, 2019. Ukrainian officials said a
an," Zelenskiy said, referring Associated Press cease-fire must hold with-
to the square in the capi- out violations for a week
tal of Kyiv where protests marathon" in a Kyiv food tion and a weapons with- dozen far-right Ukrainian before they proceed with
in 2013 and 2014 ousted a court. drawal in the east to pave activists and veterans trav- the weapons withdrawal.
pro-Russian government Zelenskiy said he hoped the way for a much-antic- eled to the east this week Russian Foreign Minister
and eventually propelled his country's people would ipated four-way summit vowing to stop the disen- Sergey Lavrov said Thurs-
Poroshenko into power. back his efforts to end the with Russia, Germany and gagement. Zelenskiy ac- day he regretted the with-
"We want to end this war. conflict with the separatists. France. cused both separatists and drawal hasn't happened
I don't think the previous Last week, Ukraine, Russia Poroshenko and some na- veterans of trying to spoil and expressed suspicion
government had quite the and the separatists signed tionalist groups have cast peace efforts. that Ukraine might be look-
same desire," Zelenskiy said a tentative agreement on the move as a capitulation "As long as different people ing to backtrack on the
during an all-day "media guidelines for a local elec- to Moscow, and several from both sides who don't agreement.q

Romania's Social Democrat govt loses

no-confidence vote

votes to be approved.
Most Social Democratic
Party lawmakers abstained
and three votes were an-
nulled.
Opposition lawmakers ac-
cused Dancila and her
ministers of mismanaging
Romania's economy, let-
ting public safety deterio-
rate and trying to politicize
the country's judicial sys-
tem.
President Klaus Iohannis
described the Social Dem-
ocratic government in a
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila removes her glasses statement as "incompe-
after her speech ahead of a no confidence vote in Bucharest,
Romania, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. tent" and called its ouster a
Associated Press win for Romania. Iohannis,
who is seeking re-election
By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE to give opposition parties next month, also said he
VADIM GHIRDA a chance to form the next would begin consultations
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) government. with opposition parties on
— Romania's Social Demo- Lawmakers voted 238- Friday about forming a new
cratic government lost a 4 against Prime Minister government. Dancila said
no-confidence vote in Par- Viorica Dancila's minority she intends to continue as
liament on Thursday and government. The no-confi- the Social Democrats' can-
the president is expected dence motion needed 233 didate for president.q