“The price paid to ensure that we have the opportunity to build a state is too high. 2,959 soldiers gave their lives so that we now have the opportunity to protect and build Ukraine, ”he said on the TV channel“ Direct ”.
He also noted that "tens of thousands" of civilians were killed in the Donbass.
Earlier, Poroshenko said that during the conflict in the region killed 27 employees of the Security Service of Ukraine.