Merkel said “The 2014 Minsk agreement was an attempt to give time to Ukraine. It also used this time to become stronger as can be seen today. The Ukraine of 2014-2015 is not the modern Ukraine.”
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Which is why no one trusts Putin. It should be noted that Russia itself violated the Minsk accords by not removing its forces, by not handing over the border Ukrainian control, and by blocking the referendum planned by Ukraine, all of which were required by the accords. Somehow pro-Russian apologists always ignore this. And why should Russia object to Ukraine regaining control over its own territory?