[_kbh_]

So do you or don't you think that Russia should be obligated to abide by its international agreements such as the Budapest Memorandum that it signed in 1994?.

If you don't think they should be obligated to follow there agreements then why should you expect Ukraine to follow any of theres?.

> Merkel indicated the West 2016 Minsk agreement was never going to upheld and was to buy time to arm Ukraine. Now who would trust the West? https://ho1.us/2022/12/ukraine-war-merkels-confession-about-...

If you're going to make claims like this please use credible sources. "ho1.us"?

[landemva]

Ok, big name websites with same quotes of Merkel saying Minsk agreement was only to buy time.

https://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkel-opens-up-on-ukraine-puti...

https://news.yahoo.com/putin-disappointed-merkels-words-mins...

"... ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, where she claimed that the Minsk agreements of 2014 enabled Ukraine to prepare for the war with Russia."

The 2016 Minsk agreement included Donbas vote on their own self-sovereignty. Zelensky won't allow the vote, and is restricting religious practices there.

[_kbh_]

> The 2016 Minsk agreement included Donbas vote on their own self-sovereignty. Zelensky won't allow the vote, and is restricting religious practices there.

Minsk II failed to implement because the “separatists” (ie Russian soldiers outside uniform) did not obey the ceasefire and neither did some of the Ukrainian battalions.

We all know that Minsk II was never gonna last though.