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by landemva 1033 days ago
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.

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> 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.