Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed on July 1 to launch a military offensive against Kremlin-backed “terrorists” in eastern Ukraine, ending a 10-day declared truce that Ukrainian authorities said was violated more than 100 times by the separatists who killed 27 Ukrainian troops.

“We will attack and we will liberate our land. The end of the ceasefire is our response to terrorists, rebels, looters, all those who mock the civilians who paralyze the economy of the region; who rip the payment of salaries, pensions, stipends; who undermine the railroads, destroy water pipes, those who deprive a normal peaceful life,” according to a statement on Poroshenko’s website that he broadcast to the nation early this morning.