Leonid Kravchuk, first president of independent Ukraine, dies at 88

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“If tomorrow Russia goes into Crimea,” he was said to have remarked after agreeing in 1994 to get rid of Ukraine’s nukes, “no one will raise an eyebrow.”

Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's 1st president, dies

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, died Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. He was 88. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid tribute to Kravchuk, calling him not just a historical...

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