Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow expects to gradually implement the Minsk agreements, but the other side does not even have the intention of doing so. The Russian leader said this in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin; some of it was published in his own newspaper. telegram channel.
“Well, I thought we could do it slowly, little by little. However, the other party had no intention of doing this. That’s the problem. So this is exactly the reason why (SVO did not start earlier – socialbites.ca),” Putin said.
Formerly President of Russia statedHe said that it was in vain that Moscow did not start active actions in Ukraine earlier, but for a long time it tried to resolve the conflict by peaceful means and relied on the kindness of its opponents.
Former Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko in November 2022 named The Minsk agreements are “a very intelligently written document.” He said they should take “at least 4.5 years” to “form the Ukrainian armed forces, build the Ukrainian economy and train the Ukrainian military together with NATO to create the best armed forces in Eastern Europe.”
Putin before statedThat they never made a difference between Russians and Ukrainians in Russia.