The Foreign Ministry assessed the likelihood of «reanimation» of the Minsk agreements

MOSCOW, Mar 14Moscow sees no prerequisites for returning to the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis through the Minsk agreements, Petr Ilyichev, director of the Department of International Organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti. As we have repeatedly stated, a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass was possible subject to the strict implementation of the Minsk agreements by Kiev, Donetsk and Luhansk,» the source said. «/>10:00Pyotr Ilyichev: It will not be possible to revive the Minsk agreements on UkraineHe noted that «from the very moment the agreements were signed, the Ukrainian authorities openly declared their nullity and did not want to fulfill them, categorically refusing direct dialogue with the Donbass.» «This led to the fact that the set of measures has actually lost force. We do not see any prerequisites for its resuscitation,” Ilyichev added. decentralization and the adoption of a law on the special status of certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. However, this plan has not yet been implemented. At the same time, Ukrainian politicians are constantly delaying the implementation of Minsk-2 and even declaring that this action plan is only advisory, not mandatory.08:00Europe is turning into Ukraine. What should we do about it? For example, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak, at a meeting of the Security Council before the start of the military operation, said that the negotiation process on Donbass has been at zero all this time — the level of 2015. Based on the content of the meetings with Ukrainian colleagues, we can conclude that Ukraine is not going to provide a special status for the Donbass and fulfill the remaining points of the agreements, he concluded. Russia has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine since February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, civilian the population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. February 25, 08:00 «Was it hard to call?» Are new Minsk agreements possible?