Posted on 04/18/2025 11:39:27 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Europe is incapable of solving anything. All they ever do is cry, whine and beg.
This just another example of how much you lie.
Both Angela Merkel and François Hollande have both admitted that Ukraine was encouraged to sign and renege on the Minsk Accords to give Ukraine time to build up its military for another offense.
"Then (in 2014), in order to prevent even worse things, everyone signed this agreement. Was it possible to stop the war then? This question is no longer relevant. I believe that the Minsk agreements gave Ukraine more time to develop between 2014 and 2021. Now Ukraine can both make a response and also to get the necessary support." -- Angela Merkel.
"Yes, Angela Merkel is right on this point," Hollande told the Kiev Independent media outlet, while commenting on Merkel’s remark that the Minsk agreements allowed Kiev to gain time, but by no means prevented further hostilities in the Donbass. "Since 2014, Ukraine has strengthened its military posture. Indeed, the Ukrainian army was completely different from that of 2014. It was better trained and equipped. It is the merit of the Minsk agreements to have given the Ukrainian army this opportunity."
You are being dishonest. The Donbas militias were not independent actors. They were Russian surrogates operating at the direction of Moscow.
Both Angela Merkel and François Hollande have both admitted that Ukraine was encouraged to sign and renege on the Minsk Accords to give Ukraine time to build up its military for another offense.
Look at the her statement again. It does say that this was the intention of the agreement but the result. But leave it to Russian apologists to distort the reality. But why were the Minsk Accords necessary in the first place? Because Moscow reneged on its commitments to honor Ukraine's borders. No Russian seizure of the territory in 2014, no need for the accords.
I understand. But it’s not what was promised.
Meanwhile in Ukraine, celebrating Easter with gay pride parade!
https://x.com/panchenko_x/status/1913301794710753583?s=46
Russia was not part of it.
Those running Donetsk and Lugansk absolutely represented the majority in both oblasts, who voted for Viktor Yanukovych by more than 70-30% margins.
“President Trump really wants to stop the killing on both sides. It’s a complicated situation.”
Troll vs Troll here.
“marcusmaximus”
Marvelous. The DU Troll and the Uke nationalist Troll join together to hate on Trump.
You can deny it all you want but the LPR and DPR are nothing more than that Russian agents. They came to power before any referenda through military action. They represent the interests of Moscow, not of the people of Donetsk who are majority Ukrainian. What hypocrisy you have for characterizing what happened in Kyiv as a coup while supporting real coups Crimea and Donbas.
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