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There is a 'pseudo ceasefire' established in eastern Ukraine, and the country pays a very high price for it.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this in an interview with Germany's ZDF channel, Ukrinform reports.

"We pay a very high price for this pseudo tranquility," Poroshenko said.

He stressed that peace is possible only after the reintegration of the occupied areas through peaceful negotiations and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Ukrainian territory. "But now the situation is that, since the signing of the Minsk agreements on a ceasefire in Donbas, 83 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and more than 400 were injured, the country is losing its heroes almost every day," he said.

According to him, there are about 11,000 Russian soldiers in Donbas. "Today, we see that in spite of the Minsk agreements, the amount of Russian weapons and Russian troops in the occupied territories only increases," he said, stressing that the Russian troops are mostly concentrated near the city of Mariupol. In this regard, Poroshenko called this area "a top priority" for defense.

Poroshenko reiterated that Ukraine does not see a military solution to the conflict and consistently implements the provisions of the Minsk agreements. At the same time, the President assured that in case of aggression "we will fight till the last drop of blood."

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