all could have been avoided had ukeis just abided the Minsk agreement.
zelensky is a major jerk
Dang straight!!!!
“all could have been avoided had ukeis just abided the Minsk agreement.”
All could have been avoided had Russia not violated the Bucharest Memorandum of 1994. Russia violated it by arming and sponsoring the separatist territories and then by invading and annexing Crimea in March, 2014.
He ran on a peace ticket, and peace is what the Ukrainian people wanted. He won 70% of the vote. But when he went to Zolote in October 2019 to try to get AZOV in line with the peace deal, they spanked him but good. It’s painful to watch the video. The real spanking starts around the 15:00 mark. (Zelensky: “I am the president. I am 41 years old. I am not some loser”):
https://m.facebook.com/zelenskiy.official/videos/2365247017058994/
I hoped he was serious about implementing Minsk. Perhaps he was to begin with, but got spanked out of it. Was his trip to Zolote all theater and he never intended peace? Or did he naively think he would be allowed to make peace? Both Zelensky and AZOV were wholly-owned subsidiaries of Kolomoisky. Was Kolomoisky using his fave enforcers to show Zelensky who really called the shots?
Whatever, a few months later and no more peace in Ukraine’s prospects.
In late September of 2019, he met with President Trump, who urged him to make peace (and pretty much told him Crimea was water under the bridge). Then Biden got elected ... and so much for Minsk. Short clip from Trump-Zelensky press conference:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p-A4zNHrEWY
Long version:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZD2uha74nc
Whatever, Vickie & Co. were slavering for war. Bye bye Minsk.