In his annual address to the Ukrainian parliament, oligarch-President Poroshenko made it clear Kiev has no intention of fulfilling Minsk in the order which was originally agreed upon, claiming that “we have convinced our western allies and partners that any political settlement must be preceded by apparent and undeniable progress in security issues: sustainable ceasefire, withdrawal of Russian troops and equipment from the occupied territories, disarmament of militants and finally, restoration of control over our border.”