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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin due to his actions in Syria tries to regain leverage in big-league politics.

“He [Putin] will try to get there through the back-door entrance – from Syria,” Poroshenko said in an interview with the TV journalists, which was broadcast by the Ukraina TV Channel on Oct. 4.

“Putin’s wish is very simple: having failed in a strategy for creating a ‘Novorossiya’ in the east of Ukraine, he cannot give up that logic and will try to create a ‘Novorossiya’ to strengthen his positions. But the world before Putin’s aggression in Syria and the world after Putin’s aggression in Syria differ,” he said.

The Ukrainian leader said Putin hasn’t joined the international coalition fighting terrorists of the Islamic States, instead he is on the side of terrorists, according to Poroshenko.

“Russia continues to be a sponsor of terrorism, and the world is shocked,” he stressed.