Even before former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s sensational statement in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Minsk agreements were an ordinary hoax. The words of the Russian president are included in the book “Vladimir Putin”. According to the report titled “From the Chronicle of the 21st Century” by historian and writer Alexander Myasnikov TASS.
The author especially remembers his conversation with Putin at the exhibition in Manege on November 4, 2022. The Russian leader then inspected, among other things, a stand devoted to the Minsk agreements.
“Deception, unfortunately, is ordinary deception,” the author quotes Putin.
Myasnikov notes that two months later, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that he never intended to implement the Minsk agreements. In December 2022, Merkel admitted that the Minsk agreements were an attempt to give the Ukrainian Armed Forces time to strengthen. This point of view was later confirmed by former French President François Hollande.
This week Putin statedHe said that the reason for the launch of a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine was Kiev’s refusal to implement the Minsk agreements.
Before that, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko named The Minsk agreements are “a very intelligently written document.” He said that he “needs these agreements” for “at least 4.5 years” to “form the Ukrainian armed forces, build the Ukrainian economy and train the Ukrainian army together with NATO to create the best armed forces in Eastern Europe.”
Putin before statedHe said that Russia was simply “deceived” and “thrown away” by the Minsk agreements.