“How long do you plan to last? asks the journalist. “Forever” replied Petro Poroshenko, with tears in his eyes. “I think Putin will never have Ukraine. No matter how many soldiers, how many missiles or how many nuclear weapons he has, we Ukrainians are a free people with a great European future,” he added.
Accused of “high treason”
Petro Poroshenko was elected president of Ukraine in 2014, after snap elections sparked by the Maidan revolution. This revolution led to the dismissal of former pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. 56-year-old billionaire Petro Poroshenko returned to Ukraine in mid-January despite a threat of arrest.