President Poroshenko orders BBC journalists removed from sanctions list - spokesman

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses a cabinet meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the security council to remove three BBC journalists from a new sanctions list, presidential spokesman Svyatoslav Tsegolko said in a post on Twitter. "Freedom of the press is of absolute value to me," Tsegolko quoted Poroshenko as saying in the post. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Larry King)