Ukraine protects our European home from aggression - Poroshenko
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine is now carrying out the mission of defending the borders of Europe from the threats that are coming from the east.
"Ukraine has become de facto the border of a united Europe. And today we are fulfilling our thousand-year mission of defending our joint European home from the threats that are coming from the East," Poroshenko said, opening the plenary session of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on Friday.
He said that now Ukraine is reforming its security system in accordance with NATO standards.
At the same time, the Ukrainian president said: "The road to Europe through Ukraine is closed for Russia."
Poroshenko also said that "as regards Moscow you should always be prepared for the worst."
"I believe that the Revolution of Dignity has become the impetus for democracy, and the Kremlin is trying to deceive it in a targeted way [...] A hybrid war against the West was already under way when Putin [Russian President Vladimir Putin] was hosted at the G8 meetings when he signed contracts for billions, but keep in mind, that this money will not be used for the benefit of the Russians [...] they were used to strengthen the Russian army in order to ensure the Kremlin's goals to hinder the Association Agreement and return the Yanukovych's Ukraine [Ukraine under the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych] under the influence of Russia," Poroshenko said.
He said that the parties that were created by the Kremlin were ready to do everything for the disintegration of the European Union, but the Revolution of Dignity disrupted these plans.
