LVIV, Nov. 3 – President Petro Poroshenko has said cash assets listed in e-declarations are not "zero declarations."

During an international forum on Thursday in Lviv the Ukrainian president said he is counting on the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures, such as the e-declaration system.

"People declared cash assets, thinking it would be tantamount to a 'zero declaration' in order to avoid investigations. But the aim of the e-declaration system is to put an end to what these people have been doing for the past 25 years, so that they could explain where they got their assets. People have a right to know. And it's necessary not to fight against rich people, as some think, but to fight against criminals," the president said.