[TheBattman]

There is no hope of a third party implementing any deal, as the failed Minsk agreements (2014, 2015) proved. Minsk was a hybrid case where the deal was signed by Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Ukraine refused to implement the deal and the OSCE proved toothless and unwilling to try and enforce the Minsk accords....

Hogwash. It was Russia that violated the Minsk agreements - and the EXACT reason Ukraine desires both EU and NATO membership.

Asia Times... LOL

[Kazan]

Russia violated the Minsk agreements. Now that is ridiculous propaganda given that Angela Merkel and François Hollande both admitted that they encouraged Ukraine to sign the Minsk accords and renege on it.

[DesertRhino]

Hogwash. Ukraine kept attacking and shelling in the east and refuse dto pull back heavy weapons. Also, the powerful nazi militias are on video, threatening Zelinsky to his face that if he implemented Minsk they would hang him from a tree on Kreschatik street in Kiev.

Minsk would have satisfied the Russians. Autonomy for the Donbass within Ukraine, no ethnic cleansing and language and flower laying laws... and they would remain Ukrainian.

But as Merkel and the Frog said, Minsk was just a fake to give them time to build up a Uke force.

Too late now, the Donbass is gone and the Russian Duma voted them into the Russian federation. They have Russian passports now.

But deal emotionally with whatever story with you want. LOL