Risk remains of large-scale hostilities' resumption in Donbas - Poroshenko

12:42, 24.02.2016 1 min read

The risk of large-scale hostilities in Donbas remains, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

"The prospect of the resumption of full-scale hostilities in the East, due to the systematic violation by the Russian aggressor of the obligations taken in Minsk is clearly visible on our radars," the president said at Ukraine's National Defense University on Wednesday. He was attending a graduation ceremony for operative-strategic and operative-tactical specialists.

Ukrainian military schools have had early graduation ceremonies for two years in a row, Poroshenko said.

"The reason for the reduced training period, and the early graduation, is that the military threat coming from the East remains topical in the long-term and short-term prospect, even in case of the most optimistic scenario in Donbas, and a long ceasefire developing into the political settlement and a lasting peace," the Ukrainian president said.