Ex-leader Poroshenko Returns to Ukraine to Face Charges

Ex-leader Poroshenko Returns to Ukraine to Face Charges
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while speaking to his supporters upon his arrival at Zhuliany International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 17, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo
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KYIV, Ukraine—Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday returned to Ukraine to face court on treason charges he believes are politically motivated.

At the Kyiv airport, where he arrived on a flight from Warsaw on Monday morning, Poroshenko was greeted by several thousand cheering supporters. Some carried banners reading “We need democracy,” and “Stop repressions.”