Long before the Minsk Accords, Russia invaded Georgia (2006)
so Russia was already violating the treaties it signed in the early 90s, promising to respect its neighbors boundaries, long before Minsk
See if you see a pattern.
Coup in Georgia.
NATO arms and advisors
Ethnic cleansing of anything Russian
Joining of NATO
None of Russia's business.
Russia was fine with corruption in Ukraine, as long as they controlled it.
Nobody abided by the Minsk accords, including Russia, DPR, LPR.
Zelensky did not have the constitutional power to grant autonomy to Donbas.
It would have to be voted on in a countrywide referendum and never would have passed.
Ethnic Russians were never the majority in Donbas, except, probably now, after 8 years of ethnically cleansing the Ukrainians.
There are plenty of bad actors in this war and Putin is one of them. I try to stay out of the public discussions on the war, but, sometimes the BS is too much to let slide.