Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said the United States did nothing to persuade Kiev to abide by the Minsk agreements, and encouraged the Ukrainian government to do nothing.
“For the past seven years, the United States has done nothing to persuade the Ukrainian government to abide by the Minsk agreements. Instead, Washington has encouraged the regime in Kiev to do nothing,” Antonov said.
In addition, Antonov noted that Washington decided to “pump” weapons into Ukraine, rather than forcing Kiev to the negotiating table with representatives from Donetsk and Luhansk.
Since 2014, Ukraine has been witnessing an acute political-military crisis that erupted after the change of power in Kiev with the support of the West and the massive participation of ultra-nationalist forces in the country.
In eastern Ukraine, in the Donbas region, where mostly Russian-speaking people live, a war broke out between the local people in the region and the forces loyal to the Kiev government, the local people unilaterally announced the establishment of Russia in April 2014. Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Russia has repeatedly emphasized that resolving this conflict is not part of the terms of the Minsk Agreements and accused the authorities in Kiev of trying to resolve the issue by military means and not implementing the Minsk Agreements to resolve the conflict.
Source: RIA Novosti
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