Russia paid a high price for their aggression - Poroshenko

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that Russia will pay a high price for their aggression.

The Head of State told the BBC, the press service of the President.

"He (President Vladimir Putin. - Ed.) Wants to achieve global destabilization, as well as exactly 18 months ago, when Russian soldiers appeared in the Crimea and began to" rock "the situation and annexed Crimea in the style of the Anschluss of 1938, as well as exactly 15 months ago, when the Russian military appeared in Donbas ... And now they were in Syria. The goal - the same. Losing economic competitiveness, domestic support, and domestic stability, Russia is trying to destabilize global security and order, "- said Poroshenko in answer to the question as to what the purpose of Putin in the Syrian conflict.

The head of state reminded that from the beginning of Russian aggression Ukraine has presented irrefutable evidence of the presence in the country of Russian regular forces operating with terrorists who supported the Russian deliveries of heavy weaponry, tanks, MANPADS systems, reactive volley fire, and the like.

"After the Russian aggression in the Crimea and Donbas was completely destroyed by the post-war security system in the world, based on the Charter of the United Nations and the effective functioning of the UN Security Council," - said the President.

The Ukrainian leader also described the situation in Syria as "complete destabilization" as a result of Russian intervention.

"I believe that Russia will get a completely different result. Just as we have demonstrated the effectiveness of our coordination with Europe, the United States and all the transatlantic partners and stop the Russian aggression, and an effective mechanism of sanctions" asked "Russia to pay for absolutely irresponsible, aggressive behavior against Ukraine ", - said Poroshenko.

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