Poroshenko stated that Ukraine needs peace with Russia
Relations between Russia and Ukraine have significantly deteriorated since Crimea’s reunification with Russia in 2014, which has not been recognised by Ukraine or Western states, who subsequently imposed economic and political sanctions on Moscow. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on 29 January that the country needed peace with Russia. «We certainly need peace with Russia. Cold, but peace. People are tired of war», Poroshenko said at a forum in Kiev broadcast by Ukrainian television
