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1EA5C96D-9493-4A41-B437-39ED3F8DC75E_cx0_cy9_cw0_mw1024_s_nUS President Barack Obama has condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine. Speaking in Warsaw to mark 25 years since the fall of communism in Poland, he hailed Polish democracy as a beacon for neighbouring Ukraine.

"How can we allow the dark tactics of the 20th century to define the 21st?" he said.

Earlier, Obama met Ukraine President-elect Petro Poroshenko, and pledged support for plans to restore peace to the country.

Obama called Poroshenko a "wise selection" to lead Ukraine, and said the nation could become a vibrant, thriving democracy if the world community stood behind it.

Poroshenko, a billionaire sweet manufacturer, was elected in May.

Obama pledged $5 milion of military assistance to Kiev including body armour and night-vision goggles.

The aid follows $18m promised since early March for food, clothes, radios and other equipment.

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Obama has now arrived in Brussels for a meeting of the G7 major industrial nations (5 June), the first since Russia was removed from the G8 in protest over its annexation of Crimea in March.

He is expected to attend the 70th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings in Normandy on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin will also be at the ceremony but the two leaders have no meeting scheduled.

Poroshenko will be at the commemorations ahead of his inauguration on Saturday. He said he did not rule out meeting Putin.

He said he was working on a peace plan involving decentralization of power, a wide amnesty and local elections.

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