Poroshenko To Be Overthrown in a Coup?

Poroshenko is the Ukrainian President. There have been persistent rumors for the last 24 hours, which are yet ongoing, that Poroschenko’s family has taken a jet to Paris and then on to the USA.

There have been rumors of some sort of a coup to overthrow him for some time now.

The rumor mill has it that Poroschenko’s opposition has given him another 24 hours to de-blockade the Debaltsevo pocket where 8,000 Ukrainian troops are surrounded or else he gets overthrown. Who knows if it is true but keep your eyes open.

If he is overthrown in some way or another, the new regime will probably be headed but a more rightwing and more nationalist group, probably some real hardcore rightwing ultranationalists. Poroshenko is actually a bit moderate for a Ukrainian nationalist. They get so much worse than this.

Also, an entire Ukrainian battalion (the 40th Battalion) surrendered to rebels in Debaltsevo today.