Kyiv did not bow to ultimatums at Minsk talks – Poroshenko

13:10, 12.02.2015 1 min read

The meeting of the German, French, Russian and Ukrainian leaders in the Belarusian capital Minsk was quite tense and "ultimatums" were put forward to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

"It was not easy. In fact, different unacceptable conditions, including retreat and surrender, were put forth to us. But we did not bow to any ultimatums and firmly stood by our position that a ceasefire should not have any preliminary conditions," he told reporters after the Normandy Quartet summit on Thursday.