Military pressure on Ukraine will last decades, president says

Ukrainian servicemen take part in a rehearsal for the Independence Day military parade, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, August 20, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV (Reuters) - Military pressure on Ukraine from Russia and the separatists that Moscow supports is likely to last decades and future generations will have to undergo military training, President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday.

Poroshenko made one of his gloomiest predictions on prospects for peace in his country days before he meets German and French leaders in Berlin for a summit he called to urge them to put pressure on Russia to comply with a six-month-old peace plan strained by ceasefire violations and shelling.