Guardian News published this video item, entitled “Russia ‘ready for agreement’, but sceptical of 2015 Minsk agreement, says Putin” – below is their description.
Vladimir Putin said Russia would probably have to reach agreements regarding Ukraine in the future, but was wary of doing so following the Minsk agreements.
Germany and France brokered ceasefire agreements in the Belarusian capital Minsk between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and 2015. Putin said the two countries had betrayed Russia, as they were now pumping Ukraine with weapons.
The then German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said in an interview published in Germany’s Die Zeit magazine on Wednesday that the Minsk agreements had been an attempt to ‘give Ukraine time’ to build up its defences.
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