Ukraine needs the help of the UN, said on the first day of the week the leader of the country Petro Poroshenko at the conference on peacekeeping.

Poroshenko at the beginning of the trip to the General Assembly recalled its position that for sustainable modes of de-escalation in the Donbass it is necessary to introduce peacekeepers, " who are obliged to provide at the first stage of its functions on the contact line and extra few weeks to move to a system of control to ensure the de-escalation along the line of the state border between Russia and Ukraine ". The question he planned to raise in the United Nations.

"in the Donbass, the Ukrainian forces are confronting Russian aggression. Unfortunately, today Ukraine needs the help of the UN ", he said and assured that " the success of our coordination and cooperation will be an encouraging signal to the world that is under pressure challenges in the field of security ".

Moscow repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and not privy To the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

Poroshenko also told the UN that " Ukraine values its reputation of a peacemaker ", and listed the cases of participation of the country in peacekeeping operations and said that " Ukraine continues, in extremely difficult conditions ".

The Ukrainian government in March proposed to be deployed in the Donbas peacekeeping mission. Military peacekeeping mission has the ability to be formed only with the punishment of the UN security Council. Russia, with veto power in the security Council, ready to discuss the issue of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, but the country's leadership have a few questions.

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