"Remember, He's KGB"

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warns that Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted in peace negotiations, drawing on his experience with the failed Minsk agreements. Speaking to POLITICO at the Munich Security Conference in February 2026, Poroshenko argues that Putin's KGB training shapes his approach to diplomacy — using negotiations to divide opponents rather than reach compromise. He criticizes the US-brokered Geneva talks for excluding European allies and calls for American troops to guarantee Ukraine's post-war security.