They could have saved 100s of thousands of lives abiding by Minsk 2.
In retrospect, it was the deal of the century for Ukraine.
Reading through this thread it's like reading a bunch of people from alternate dimensions. Case in point: Minsk required the withdrawal of all heavy weapons and armor from the "borders". Russia refused to do so on the grounds that they claimed they weren't part of Minsk, and then demanded that Ukraine withdraw all its weapons even while it packed Donestk and Luhansk with something like 30,000 soldiers coming and going, plus heavy armor and advanced artillery, all documented and photographed by the OSCE.
IOW, Russians negotiate like Palestinians: the other side must disarm while they continue a military buildup, and if the other side refuses to disarm, then it's their fault for "violating the agreement."
Then we have Putinists on this website come on and repeat, without having any clue what they're talking about, that "Ukraine violated Minsk 2!!"
Re: Right Sektor that supposedly rules the government per your other posts: Zero members in the Ukrainian parliament. 10,000 estimated members nationwide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector#Election_results
WRONG.
INVASION IS INVASION