"I have no doubt that my peace plan will work. I have no doubt that the biggest, most dangerous part of the war is already behind us, thanks to the heroism of Ukrainian soldiers," Poroshenko said at his first press conference since he assumed office in early June.
The separatist uprising has killed more than 3,200 people and driven 650,000 from their homes.
The ex-Soviet country's worst crisis since its 1991 independence has also damaged East-West relations and stoked fears across eastern Europe of Russian territorial ambitions.
Ukraine's parliament had last week backed Poroshenko's plan for rebel-held parts of the Russian-speaking east to hold local council elections December 7 that would help restore law and order, but not pursue any independence claims.
However, guerrillas brushed off the offer and announced plans to set up their own parliaments in self-organised November 2 polls.
Poroshenko said he hoped neither Russia nor the rest of the international community would recognise the legitimacy of the separatist vote.
"I hope that neither Russia nor the rest of the world recognise elections called by self-proclaimed terrorist organisations in violation of Ukrainian law," the pro-Western leader said.
He further vowed to preserve Ukraine's territorial integrity and make sure that an "iron curtain" does not halt Kiev's efforts to join the European Union and the NATO military bloc.
"We suffered for too long in the socialist camp to let someone lower an iron curtain across our western border," he said in reference to Ukraine's Soviet past.
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