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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko assured him that the Russian-Belarusian military drills West-2017 do not pose any threats to Ukraine.

“I received a firm assurance that the planned Russian-Belarusian strategic military drills West-2017 near the border of Ukraine will not turn into preparation by the Russian Federation a springboard for the invasion into Ukraine from the Belarusian territory,” Poroshenko said during the transfer of military equipment to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in Kyiv on April 28.