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When the [[Minsk Agreements]] where signed in early 2015 to end the [[Donbas war]] and grant autonomy to the [[Luhansk]] and [[Donetsk]] republics, Poroshenko refused reconciliation. Poroshenko said of relations between Ukrainians and ethnic Russians who were also citizens of Ukraine:

When the [[Minsk Agreements]] where signed in early 2015 to end the [[Donbas war]] and grant autonomy to the [[Luhansk]] and [[Donetsk]] republics, Poroshenko refused reconciliation. Poroshenko said of relations between Ukrainians and ethnic Russians who were also citizens of Ukraine:

{{quotebox-float|"We [Ukrainians] will have work and they [Russians] will not! We will receive pensions and they will not! With us, people, children and pensioners will get support and not with them! With us, children will visit schools and kindergartens, but their children will sit in the basement because they are unable to do anything. So, that's exactly how we're going to win the war."}}

{{quotebox-float|"We [Ukrainians] will have work and they [Russians] will not! We will receive pensions and they will not! With us, people, children and pensioners will get support and not with them! With us, children will visit schools and kindergartens, but their children will sit in the basement because they are unable to do anything. So, that's exactly how we're going to win the war."}}

In an interview with Radio Liberty in July 2022, Poroshenko admitted that he had signed the Minsk agreements but had no intention to fulfill them.  He noted that he wanted to buy time in order to get more weapons from [[the West]].

In an interview with Radio Liberty in June 2022, Poroshenko admitted that he had signed the Minsk agreements but had no intention to fulfill them.  He noted that he wanted to buy time in order to get more weapons from [[the West]].

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