Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko checks out military weaponry north of Kiev Saturday.<br /> <br />As fighting rages around the rebel strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk, the Ukrainian leader praises soldiers for forcing pro-Russian rebels out of several towns and cities.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, PETRO POROSHENKO, SAYING:<br /> <br />"Today we can see that it is a real fight, a real struggle for territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine. Here is the place where our independence is being forged."<br /> <br />Porshenko says his country is not fighting a civil war in its east.<br /> <br />Rather it's fighting "foreign mercenaries."<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, PETRO POROSHENKO, SAYING:<br /> <br />"It is not an internal conflict, it is Ukraine defending its territory from foreign mercenaries, bandits and terrorists. Today we showed that Ukraine possesses weaponry to defend the country."<br /> <br />Kiev has accused Moscow of sending rebel fighters and weapons across
