yes he would. Both Angela Merkel and then-French President François Hollande now admit the Minsk agreement was a ruse, to give Ukraine time to weaponize.
Russia will never trust us again.
Not in our lifetimes.
What is worse ——
Despite the US state media lies, Putin is quite loved and championed in the world.
Lavrov speaks at the UN, the postage stamp shotty EU rates get up and walk out..but afterward in the reception room Lactic is swamped with live - from the Saudis, the other arabs, the global south and of course BRICS members.