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In an exclusive interview, Petro Poroshenko shares with VOA his views on a range of issues affecting his embattled country.

And in this situation, I think the document that the Chinese present is not a peace plan. This is the call for the process. This is the position of Ukraine, my team, the Ukrainian government, and the position of the Ukrainian people. And with that situation, I can confirm that the role of China can be absolutely decisive. The key to peace is in the hands of Putin in Moscow. And I very much welcome today's initiative in the United States Senate, a bipartisan initiative that demands accelerating the supply and increasing the volume of supply. And this is a direct message I want to deliver to you from them: We have a lack of ammunition. The fact which surprised the world and Putin from the very first day of the wide-scale attack was the unity in Ukraine we demonstrated, including my team, from the first hours since February 24. But at the same time, I want to confirm that I, as the fifth president of Ukraine, Ukrainian authority, and Ukraine as a state all the time, are acting only in firm accordance with international law. With this situation, I am absolutely clear that we should thank the United Nations for motivation; we should thank Turkey. Poroshenko: First of all, I always believe and keep believing that the Nord Stream project is, as I said before, not an energy project or an economic project. And with that situation, I keep my fingers crossed that our unity together with a whole democratic world, United Nations, and Turkey will definitely bring the results.