Poroshenko: I’ve made many tactical mistakes but chose a right strategy

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has stated that he has made many tactical mistakes over the past five years but chose the right state strategy.

"I have committed many tactical mistakes, but I am sure that I chose the right state strategy. Our main achievements are the army, the association agreement with the EU, the visa-free regime with the EU, the international coalition in support of Ukraine, the regime of sanctions that weakens Russia and restrains its aggression, the Tomos [of autocephaly of Ukrainian Orthodox Church], the decentralization reform," Poroshenko said in a video address published on Facebook account of the Head of State.

At the same time, the President admitted that he had failed to do some things in a proper way and asked for pardon.

"The most painful thing is that the war is not finished as the key to peace is not in our hands. It's a shame that millions of people are living in poverty and we have not yet overcome the consequences of the crisis caused by Russian aggression. We have not advanced enough in the fight against corruption, but the politics is an art of possible, and even if we believe that the President can do anything, he cannot do everything at once actually. And it's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes," Poroshenko said.

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