President Petro Poroshenko: “The election farce of 2 November jeopardises the peace process” Continue reading the main story Ukraine crisis Chaos and courage Tense time The rebel vote Ones to watch Ukraine’s president is to chair a crisis meeting of security chiefs, after a rebel-held vote that he said jeopardised “the entire peace process”. Petro Poroshenko proposed scrapping a law, agreed under the 5 September truce deal, which gives special status to the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk areas. Two pro-Russian leaders were declared the winners of Sunday’s polls. Under the terms of the truce, Ukraine was meant to hold elections in the two regions in December. The West says the rebel-held elections are illegal but Russia is backing them. More than 4,000 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine since April. Ukraine accuses […]