What has Poroshenko’s Presidency Led to? - RT Documentary

‘He [Poroshenko] had a chance to stop it. In June, there were ten days without war,’ said Rodion Miroshnik, former LPR ambassador to Russia, recalling the moment Poroshenko became the president of Ukraine in 2014. Although he often agitated the masses at Maidan, on June 7, on his inauguration, Poroshenko claimed he ‘wanted peace.’ This had given some people hope that the conflict in Donbass would be solved peacefully, the bloodshed would stop and the Ukrainian authorities would start negotiating with the residents of the southeastern regions. As events have proven, however, that didn’t happen. Instead, Ukraine continued bombing and killing Donbass residents. Learn more in an excerpt from our documentaries, ‘Maidan: Road to War’ and ‘Donbass War: Summer of 2014’.