The moment has now come when a peace agreement in the Russia-Ukraine war is more possible than ever thanks to the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the resilience of Ukrainians on the home front. This latest assessment came from Petro Poroshenko – Ukraine’s fifth President and the head of the parliamentary opposition faction “European Solidarity” – during the Black Sea Security Forum.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “I state this responsibly. Right now, in May 2026, Ukraine, Europe, and the world have never been as close to peace as they are today, on this very day. And our task is to take advantage of this narrow window of opportunity; to use the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian government, Europe, and the United States... [Russia President Vladimir] Putin once liked the phrase ‘force into peace.’ Well, now we must force Putin into peace. I am ready to provide reasoned evidence that today this is absolutely possible,” Poroshenko stated. Earlier this week, Poroshenko said that peace must be achieved only on Ukraine’s terms, including no territorial concessions. He noted that 12 years earlier, in 2014, Ukraine’s situation was significantly worse, but even then, thanks to volunteers who went to the front and managed to stabilize it, Poroshenko and his team were able to achieve a ceasefire and disrupt Putin’s summer offensive against Ukraine.