MOSCOW, Feb. 10 The «true» purpose of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Kiev was to force Ukraine to compromise on the Minsk agreements. This opinion was expressed on the air of the Nash TV channel by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin. that the Minsk agreements will never work. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba, has previously argued that during Macron’s visit to Kiev, which took place after negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the French leader did not persuade the Ukrainian leadership to implement the Minsk agreements on Moscow’s terms. Earlier, Macron, following the talks in Kiev, said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed his desire to implement the Minsk agreements. , including US President Joe Biden, have repeatedly spoken out in support of the Minsk agreements. Biden, following talks with the Russian President in Geneva in June 2021, said that he agreed at a meeting with Putin to support the Minsk agreements — «we will continue diplomacy along the line of the Minsk agreements.» Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations on a settlement conflict. The Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass.
