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[[File:Angela Merkel's revelation about Minsk Agreements.PNG|right|350px|thumb|[[Angela Merkel]]'s revelation about Minsk Agreements.<ref>https://youtu.be/0-57KOwG9co</ref>]]

[[File:Angela Merkel's revelation about Minsk Agreements.PNG|right|350px|thumb|[[Angela Merkel]]'s revelation about Minsk Agreements.<ref>https://youtu.be/0-57KOwG9co</ref>]]

The '''Minsk Accords''' were negotiated between the two [[Donbas]] Republics and the [[Kyiv regime]] in 22014 and 2015 in the [[Belarus]]ian capital of [[Minsk]] Also known as the '''Minsk Agreements'''.  The Agreements were negotiated with the help of [[France]] and [[Germany]].  [[Moscow]] backed the Minsk Agreements which Kyiv also agreed to, and the [[United Nations Security Council]] endorsed the agreements as well. The Minsk Agreements would give autonomy to the two provinces while remaining part of Ukraine.  However the Ukraine regime did nothing to further implement the agreements after 2015, and only a [[ceasefire]] for the use of heavy weapons (tanks and artillery) remained in place.

The '''Minsk Accords''' were negotiated between the two [[Donbas]] Republics and the [[Kyiv regime]] in 22014 and 2015 in the [[Belarus]]ian capital of [[Minsk]] Also known as the '''Minsk Agreements'''.  The Agreements were negotiated with the help of [[France]] and [[Germany]].  [[Moscow]] backed the Minsk Agreements which Kyiv also agreed to, and the [[United Nations Security Council]] endorsed the agreements as well. The Minsk Agreements would give autonomy to the two provinces while remaining part of [[Ukraine]].  However the Ukraine regime did nothing to further implement the agreements after 2015, and only a [[ceasefire]] for the use of heavy weapons (tanks and artillery) remained in place.

The Minsk Agreements established a 12-point roadmap to ensure an immediate bilateral ceasefire; carry out decentralization of power, allowing temporary local self-government in areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine under a "special status" law; immediately free all hostages and illegally detained persons; ensure monitoring on the Ukrainian-Russian border and a security zone; remove illegal armed groups, military hardware, and all fighters and mercenaries from Ukrainian territory; pass a law against the prosecution and punishment of people over certain events in Donetsk and Luhansk region; ensure the holding of snap local elections in Donetsk and Lugansk.<ref>https://archive.fo/owxxq</ref>  Both the Poroshenko and [[Zelensky regime]]s refused to implement the Accords for fear how free elections on [[self determination]] may turn out.

The Minsk Agreements established a 12-point roadmap to ensure an immediate bilateral ceasefire; carry out decentralization of power, allowing temporary local self-government in areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine under a "special status" law; immediately free all hostages and illegally detained persons; ensure monitoring on the Ukrainian-Russian border and a security zone; remove illegal armed groups, military hardware, and all fighters and mercenaries from Ukrainian territory; pass a law against the prosecution and punishment of people over certain events in Donetsk and Luhansk region; ensure the holding of snap local elections in Donetsk and Lugansk.<ref>https://archive.fo/owxxq</ref>  Both the Poroshenko and [[Zelensky regime]]s refused to implement the Accords for fear how free elections on [[self determination]] may turn out.