In an interview with ''Die Zeit'' magazine in 2022 Merkel confirmed the [[Western alliance]]'s duplicity in using the [[Minsk Accords]] in 2014 and 2015 to buy time for the [[NATO]]ization of Ukraine to use as a battering ram for the destruction of the [[Russian Federation]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/0-57KOwG9co Angela Merkel's revelation about Minsk Agreements], Amit Sengupta, December 14, 2022.</ref>
In an interview with ''Die Zeit'' magazine in 2022 Merkel confirmed the [[Western alliance]]'s duplicity in using the [[Minsk Accords]] in 2014 and 2015 to buy time for the [[NATO]]ization of Ukraine to use as a battering ram for the destruction of the [[Russian Federation]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/0-57KOwG9co Angela Merkel's revelation about Minsk Agreements], Amit Sengupta, December 14, 2022.</ref>
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Merkel described the September 2014 Minsk agreement which France and Germany had brokered a ceasefire after the failure of [[Kiev regime]]’s attempt to subdue the republics of [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] by force.
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Merkel described the September 2014 Minsk agreement which France and Germany had brokered a [[ceasefire]] after the failure of [[Kiev regime]]’s attempt to subdue the republics of [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] by force.
[[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>]]
{{quotebox-float|“I thought that the introduction of NATO accession of Ukraine and Georgia, discussed in 2008, was wrong. The countries did not have the necessary prerequisites for this, nor was it fully understood what the consequences of such a decision would have been, both with regard to Russia’s actions against Georgia and Ukraine, as well as NATO and its rules of assistance. And the Minsk Agreement of 2014 was an attempt to give Ukraine time.
{{quotebox-float|“I thought that the introduction of NATO accession of Ukraine and Georgia, discussed in 2008, was wrong. The countries did not have the necessary prerequisites for this, nor was it fully understood what the consequences of such a decision would have been, both with regard to Russia’s actions against Georgia and Ukraine, as well as NATO and its rules of assistance. And the Minsk Agreement of 2014 was an attempt to give Ukraine time.