KIEV, April 27 – President Petro Poroshenko has reaffirmed Kiev's commitment to the Minsk agreements.

"I am very hopeful that very soon we will see the Ukrainian territories freed, but I stress once again: Ukraine has strictly abided by the Minsk agreements, so the Ukrainian armed forces will not go on the offensive first," Poroshenko said during a visit to the Shyroky Lan training base in the Mykolaiv region, his press office said on Saturday.

The aim of the large-scale exercise that was held at the training range near Mykolaiv is to boost the country's defensive capabilities, Poroshenko said.