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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]]. 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 Accords]] were negotiated between the two [[Donbas]] Republics and the [[Kyiv regime]] in 22014 and 2015 in the [[Belarus]]ian capital of [[Minsk]]. 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.  

A meeting between representatives of the four countries, France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine was held in [[Paris]] on January 26, 2022 in the context of the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220124122214/https://www.reuters.com/world/political-advisers-hold-four-way-talks-ukraine-paris-2022-01-22/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220125205354/https://www.dw.com/en/scholz-macron-say-diplomacy-can-fix-ukraine-russia-standoff/a-60549166 </ref>  The representatives of the four governments confirmed their support for Minsk II and committed themselves to resolving existing disagreements. They supported an unconditional [[ceasefire]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220127023902/https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2022/01/26/declaration-of-the-advisors-to-the-n4-heads-of-states-and-governments</ref>   

A meeting between representatives of the four countries, France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine was held in [[Paris]] on January 26, 2022, in the context of the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220124122214/https://www.reuters.com/world/political-advisers-hold-four-way-talks-ukraine-paris-2022-01-22/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220125205354/https://www.dw.com/en/scholz-macron-say-diplomacy-can-fix-ukraine-russia-standoff/a-60549166</ref>  The representatives of the four governments confirmed their support for Minsk II and committed themselves to resolving existing disagreements. They supported an unconditional [[ceasefire]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220127023902/https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2022/01/26/declaration-of-the-advisors-to-the-n4-heads-of-states-and-governments</ref>   

In June 2022 former Kyiv regime strongman [[Petro Poroshenko]], in an interview with Radio Liberty, admitted that he had signed the Minsk agreements, but had no intention to fulfill them.  He noted that he wanted to buy time in order to get more weapons from [[the West]].<ref>https://tfiglobalnews.com/2022/06/20/ukraines-new-masterstroke-against-russia-is-actually-ukraines-biggest-pro-russia-move/</ref>

In June 2022 former Kyiv regime strongman [[Petro Poroshenko]], in an interview with Radio Liberty, admitted that he had signed the Minsk agreements, but had no intention to fulfill them.  He noted that he wanted to buy time in order to get more weapons from [[the West]].<ref>https://tfiglobalnews.com/2022/06/20/ukraines-new-masterstroke-against-russia-is-actually-ukraines-biggest-pro-russia-move/</ref>

In an interview with ''Zeit'' magazine in December 2022, former German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] confirmed the [[Western alliance]]'s [[duplicity]] in using the Minsk Accords to buy time for the [[NATO]]ization of Ukraine to use as a battering ram for destruction of the [[Russian Federation]].   

In an interview with ''Zeit'' magazine in December 2022, former German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] confirmed the [[Western alliance]]'s [[duplicity]] in using the Minsk Accords to buy time for the [[NATO]]ization of Ukraine to use as a battering ram for destruction of the [[Russian Federation]].   

Merkel described the September 2014 Minsk agreement which France and Germany had brokered a ceasefire after the failure of Ukraine’s attempt to subdue the republics of [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] by force.  “[Ukraine] used this time to get stronger, as you can see today.  The Ukraine of 2014/15 is not the Ukraine of today. As you saw in the battle for Debaltsevo in early 2015, [Russian President Vladimir] [[Putin]] could easily have overrun them at the time. And I very much doubt that the NATO countries could have done as much then as they do now to help Ukraine.”  The [[Kyiv regime]]'s defeat at Debaltsevo resulted in the Minsk II protocol signed in February 2015. Merkel said that it was “clear to all of us that the conflict was frozen, that the problem had not been solved, but that gave Ukraine valuable time.”<ref>https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/merkel:-minsk-agreement-attempted-to-give-ukraine-time</ref>

Merkel described the September 2014 Minsk agreement which France and Germany had brokered a ceasefire after the failure of Ukraine's attempt to subdue the republics of [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] by force.  “[Ukraine] used this time to get stronger, as you can see today.  The Ukraine of 2014/15 is not the Ukraine of today. As you saw in the battle for Debaltsevo in early 2015, [Russian President Vladimir] [[Putin]] could easily have overrun them at the time. And I very much doubt that the NATO countries could have done as much then as they do now to help Ukraine.”  The [[Kyiv regime]]'s defeat at Debaltsevo resulted in the Minsk II protocol signed in February 2015. Merkel said that it was “clear to all of us that the conflict was frozen, that the problem had not been solved, but that gave Ukraine valuable time.”<ref>https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/merkel:-minsk-agreement-attempted-to-give-ukraine-time</ref>

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] responding to Merkel's comments stated, "The things that Merkel said in her interview - this is a testimony of a person, who stated it directly that everything that was done in 2014 and 2015 had only one goal: to divert the global community’s attention from the real problems, to buy some time, to pump the [[Kiev regime]] with weapons and to lead the situation to a large-scale conflict”.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1547779</ref>

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] responding to Merkel's comments stated, "The things that Merkel said in her interview - this is a testimony of a person, who stated it directly that everything that was done in 2014 and 2015 had only one goal: to divert the global community’s attention from the real problems, to buy some time, to pump the [[Kiev regime]] with weapons and to lead the situation to a large-scale conflict”.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1547779</ref>