At the same time, according to him, any decision in favor of Ukraine will be supported, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

“But the risks that today face the world and the country, they go off scale. If you go to meet with Putin - no one else will come to you from that global coalition, which we have carefully created for five years, then you will destroy it. And leave Ukraine alone with the aggressor, ”said the head of state.

As noted by Poroshenko, then "it remains only to kneel down and recognize the surrender."

“And we definitely cannot allow this to happen,” he added during a meeting with representatives of academia in Lviv.

He stressed that he was ready to help with advice.

“We will promptly tell you how not to kneel, because we know how to do it — not to kneel. And promptly show how to protect their allies and partners. And we will promptly tell you how not to sell out to “30 pieces of silver” of gas, ”he said.

Earlier, Putin did not rule out the possibility of negotiations with Zelensky.

On April 23, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan advised Zelensky to be honest in the course of possible talks with Putin.

Also, the idea of ​​direct talks between Putin and Zelensky was supported by Kurt Walker, the US Special Representative for Ukraine.