Political scientist spoke about Kiev's strategy for the implementation of the Minsk agreements

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit to the positions of Ukrainian troops in Donbass. File photoLUGANSK, Feb 12The Kiev strategy for the implementation of the Minsk agreements to resolve the situation in the Donbass is based on three «pillars»: imitation, provocation and avoidance, says Associate Professor of the Department of Public Policy of Volodymyr Dahl Lugansk State University, Ph.D. in Political Science Oleksandr Protsenko. Minsk Agreements, which took place on February 12, 2015 in Minsk. On that day, many hours of talks were held between the leaders of the Normandy Four countries (Germany, Russia, France, Ukraine). At the same time, a meeting of the contact group to resolve the situation in Ukraine took place. As a result of the meetings, a set of measures was adopted. The document, consisting of 13 points, provides, in particular, for a ceasefire in the Donbass, the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the demarcation line between the Kiev security forces and the militia, as well as other measures for a long-term political settlement of the situation in the Donbass.Will Russia save Ukraine? As we have repeatedly seen throughout the entire time after the signing of the agreements, the Kiev strategy for their «implementation» is based on three «pillars»: imitation, provocation and avoidance. Moreover, provocations, especially military ones and on the front line for the Ukrainian leadership, regardless on who personally represents him at one time or another, unfortunately, have become a familiar tool,» Protsenko told RIA Novosti, commenting on the degree of implementation of the Minsk agreements by the parties to the conflict. According to the political scientist, Kiev has for many years, «as they say in such cases the French, «drowns fish in water», trying either to delay the implementation of specific steps as much as possible, or to bring the discussion on their implementation to the point of absurdity. The interlocutor of the agency clarified that Kiev is acting with an eye to «silent inaction or decorative attempts to demonstrate activity on the part of Western partners.» «Indeed, for all provocations and» spokes in the wheels «to the negotiation process, the collective The obvious West, including the guarantor countries, turns a blind eye. Therefore, at the moment, the main relatively positive outcome and practical result of the Minsk agreements is that they are still, to a certain extent, a weight in the hands of the Kiev regime, a straitjacket, figuratively speaking. However, trends suggest that sooner or later Ukraine will still break out of it,» Protsenko explained.When the United States sets fire to Donbass, he believes that the republics of Donbass and the Russian Federation need to fully demonstrate their ability to negotiate, «in order to protect themselves as much as possible from accusations of disrupting agreements, and secondly, so that Ukraine itself can justify a possible decisive response to its possible aggressive actions» .The authorities of Ukraine in April 2014 launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, including during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR and LPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian 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.