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Poroshenko announces funding boost for Ukrainian military  The
Ukrainian president has pledged 2.3 billion euros ($3 billion)
in defense spending to reequip the country's military. The
announcement was made at celebrations to mark the 23rd
anniversary of Ukraine's independence.  Ukraine to boost defense
spending  The extra funding will be used to buy warplanes,
warships and helicopters for Ukraine's military over the next
three years, President Petro Poroshenko said in Kyiv on Sunday
at a military parade to mark 23 years of independence from the
Soviet Union.  Speaking before thousands of people in the
capital's Independence Square, Poroshenko called the pledge
"only the modest beginning" of the rebirth of the country's
defense forces.  "It is clear that in the foreseeable future
there will always, unfortunately, be the threat of war," he
said, adding that Ukraine "must always be prepared" to defend i