Ukrainian president insists Minsk deal be fulfilled this year

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has emphasized the need for implementing the Minsk agreements in 2015.

"I am asking Leonid Kuchma, my representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, to revoke the statement on the possibility to continue the Minsk process in 2016. No, everyone must fulfill the obligations in 2015 because Ukraine has already paid a huge price for the non-fulfillment of the Minsk agreements," he said at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on Friday.