I think Ukraine had a chance to stay a country until the failure of Istanbul talks. Before that they routinely violated the Minsk agreement, but there was no exposure. Here the talks took place before the whole world and they immediately violated the obligation and also used ceasefire to mount attacks. It’s one thing for the media reporting, but the Russians are seeing what’s going on. They won’t ever trust the Kiev regime hence no agreement is going to be reached until Ukrainian capitulation.
“Contemporary Russia’s relationship with international law is not simply a question of international relations. International law is supposed to have a privileged place in the Russian legal system. Section four of article 15 of the 1993 Russian Constitution enshrines the supremacy of international treaties and agreements in case of a conflict with Russian domestic law.
But in recent years, this privileged position has been undermined.”