German Federal Chancellor Olaf ScholzMOSCOW, February 15 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after meeting with the President Vladimir Putin told Russia about the situation around Ukraine that countries should not reach a dead end, which will turn into a disaster for everyone. «We should not reach a dead end, which will turn into a disaster for us all,» Scholz said at a press conference following the talks. 
Scholz answered the question of whether Zelensky will implement the Minsk agreements During a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Scholz said that «in the situation that has now developed, it is important to use every opportunity to make sure that peaceful development is possible.» «This is the reason why I said that we consider the Minsk process an important prerequisite … from my point of view, this will be a contribution to resuming negotiations within the Trilateral Contact Group,» he added. According to the Chancellor, the Minsk process — «this is a good starting point for a peaceful solution to the situation in Ukraine, between the Donbass and the Ukrainian government.»Dec 9, 2019 such statements are being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. Allegations that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, the President of the Russian Federation held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday. called the situation in the Donbass a genocide
