STOCKHOLM, Nov. 14 – Sanctions against the Russian Federation must be extended if Russian troops remain in Ukrainian territory, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

"If the Minsk agreements are not followed, Russian soldiers remain on the territory of Ukraine and observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe do not have access to the occupied territories, if there is no cessation of fire and withdrawal of heavy weapons, if [Russians] continue to kill Ukrainians … then sanctions must remain," Poroshenko said following talks with Swedish Premier Stefan Lofven on Monday in Stockholm.