KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hailed a sweeping victory for pro-Europe parties in an election on Sunday, saying the vote showed people backed his plan to end a separatist conflict, his pro-Western course and democratic reforms. Poroshenko’s bloc was fractionally ahead of the party of his ally, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, with both taking over 21 percent of the votes cast from a field of 29 competing parties, early figures from the vote count showed on Monday. Addressing Ukrainians two hours after polling ended on Sunday night, he thanked voters for backing a “democratic, reformist, pro-Ukrainian and pro-European majority”. “The majority of voters were in favour of the political forces that support the president’s peace plan and seek a political solution to the situation in the Donbass,” Poroshenko said, referring to the region of the industrialised east where government forces have been fighting separatist rebels. The result […]