 On 13 December 2014, Poroshenko stated that he did not want Ukraine to become a nuclear power again.On 15 May 2015, Poroshenko signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of streets and other public places and settlements with a name related to Communism.According to Poroshenko "I did what I had to"; adding
"Ukraine as a state has done its job, then historians should work, while the government should take care of the future".