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Ukrainian acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Kyiv today.
Ukrainian acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Kyiv today.
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10:53 6.4.2014

In Odesa, a flashmob at the city's main mall sings the Ukrainian national anthem.
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Some cool images in here from Kyiv...
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Petro Poroshenko shakes hands with a Maidan activist in Kyiv on March 30
Petro Poroshenko shakes hands with a Maidan activist in Kyiv on March 30

More from Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, in an exclusive interview with Reuters:

-- He says ridding Ukraine of corruption is key for any new leadership, warning that failure will anger a "reborn" people with high expectations for real change after months of turmoil.

-- He says Ukrainians have earned the right to a path to membership in the EU but said he would not seek to join NATO, which he said would risk dividing the country while Russian troops are massed on its frontier.

"If you are asking: What is the top priority? Is it to be in NATO or keep the unity of the country? My answer would be: Keep the unity of the country."

-- On the best way to govern:

"A new country was born and a new people was born. If the president, the government and the parliament do not demonstrate a different style and show that we live in different conditions, people after half a year, nine months, will say 'OK' and withdraw their support. [The future leaders] should know why 104 people gave their lives."

-- On corruption:

"There must be zero-tolerance for corruption. We should seriously cut the number of bureaucrats in the country and cut the [paperwork] in the country because the system simply does not need that."

-- He says the practice of bribe-taking deters much-needed foreign investment:

"Just imagine. You can fly to Ukraine from any European capital in just two hours. You don't need a visa. You can come to a very safe and very nice country with very experienced labor ... and the only obstacle to that is corruption. That is why it is a top priority."

-- On the need for a new security architecture in Europe following Crimea's annexation by Russia:
"The concentration of 30,000 Russian forces on Ukraine's border and the destabilization of the situation in nine regions of the east and south, have produced the most serious threat from the Russian Federation since the time of the Cold War."
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