Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he hopes that the political crisis in Ukraine will be settled by the end of March and no early parliamentary election will be needed.

"We've discussed the political crisis in Ukraine, and I hope that a political solution will be found by the end of the month. And I'd like to announce that there will be no early parliamentary elections," he said after a meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Thursday.