Minsk protocols / Minsk agreements Archives

12 minute read

Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.

Moscow isn’t just negotiating—it’s setting the stage. Behind closed doors, familiar tactics are at play, and the consequences could reshape Europe’s future once again.

byAlya Shandra

7 minute read

The gist

It’s not 1,000 days of Russia’s war. It’s 3,925 — and Western risk aversion is setting up the next thousand

Every Western compromise with Russia since 2014 led to more aggression. Those pushing for settlement now are inviting the next escalation.

byAlya Shandra

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo via Eastnews.ua.

2 minute read

Latest news

Bloomberg: Zelenskyy says potential ceasefire talks require transparent international oversight

The Ukrainian president insists on concrete assurances in any ceasefire agreement with Russia.

byOlena Mukhina

23 minute read

It’s ten years of Russia’s war against Ukraine, not two

Years of futile negotiations over Ukraine should dispel any illusions - intelligence proves Putin spent the last decade preparing for exactly this war, with aims far beyond Ukraine.

byAlya Shandra

7 minute read

Opinion

The Minsk Agreements and Merkel’s political amnesia

President Putin has allegedly been disappointed by the statement of Angela Merkel, where she claimed that the Minsk…

byHans Petter Midttun

15 minute read

Six reasons the West can settle for nothing less than Ukrainian victory

Following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and the invasion of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions by proxy forces…

byYuriy Prymachuk

5 minute read

Russian Aggression

Russia says its proxies have right to two entire Ukrainian oblasts, withdraws from Minsk agreements

After recognizing its puppet Donetsk and Luhansk "republics" in Donbas on 21 February, Vladimir Putin on 22 February…

byAlya Shandra

5 minute read

63% of Ukrainians want revision of Minsk accords amid record-high support for EU & NATO membership: poll

The Rating Group's data shows that the number of Ukrainians who want the Minsk accords revised steadily grows…

byYuri Zoria

6 minute read

Daily review

Daily review: OSINT does not confirm reported Russian withdrawal, Ukraine hit by cyberattack, new coup plot

Past 24 hours in the war zone Russian proxies launch 6 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk, Luhansk…

byAlya Shandra

10 minute read

Russian Aggression

Russian Duma urges Putin to recognize Donbas puppet statelets. Is the Minsk peace deal dead?

The State Duma - the lower chamber of the Russian parliament - has voted to pass a motion…

byYuri Zoria

4 minute read

International

No progress in Normandy talks around Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donbas

On the night of 11 February, a nine-hour Normandy Format meeting ended in Berlin amid continuing tensions between…

byYuliia Rudenko

6 minute read

International

Macron in Kyiv denies discussing “Finlandization” of Ukraine with Putin

Speaking at a press conference after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, French President Emmanuel Macron…

byAlya Shandra

11 minute read

International

Macron confirms Kyiv scrapped crucial bill upholding Ukraine’s interests to appease Russia

On Tuesday night, 8 February, speaking after meeting with Russian President Putin in Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

Ukrainian presidential office head Andrii Yermak (L) and Russian presidential envoy Dmitry Kozak (R)

9 minute read

Moscow, Kyiv differ over goals in relaunching Normandy process

On January 26, 2022 in Paris, senior political advisors to the Russian, Ukrainian, German and French heads of…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

7 minute read

War in Donbas

Berlin concerned by Ukraine using Bayraktar drone, but not by Russian-separatist side using banned weapons

Ukraine's use of a Turkish-made Bayraktar drone has drawn the ire of Germany's Foreign Ministry. “Berlin is very…

byAlya Shandra

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looking on, Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland before the Secretary's meeting with the Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on December 15, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

6 minute read

The Kremlin is pleased after Kozak-Nuland talks on Ukraine (Part 2)

According to Kremlin-connected analyst Fedor Lukyanov, the Joseph Biden administration had to work hard with Moscow to make…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Moscow, October 12, 2021. (Source: TASS)

5 minute read

The Kremlin is pleased after Kozak-Nuland talks on Ukraine (Part 1)

The Joseph Biden administration has apparently decided to work with Russia toward a political solution to the conflict…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

13 minute read

How Ukraine can escape the trap of the Minsk Protocols and return to international law

Taking a closer look at Minsk When Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, world democracies and…

byEuropean Pravda

10 minute read

What would happen if Ukraine implements the controversial Steinmeier formula for Donbas?

On 3 August, the press center of the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Crisis Media Center hosted the presentation of the…

byYuri Zoria

7 minute read

Moscow’s reasons behind the resumed fighting in Donbas

Following the latest round of consultations of political advisors within the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany),…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Minsk protocols / Minsk agreements

Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.

It’s not 1,000 days of Russia’s war. It’s 3,925 — and Western risk aversion is setting up the next thousand

Bloomberg: Zelenskyy says potential ceasefire talks require transparent international oversight

It’s ten years of Russia’s war against Ukraine, not two

The Minsk Agreements and Merkel’s political amnesia

Six reasons the West can settle for nothing less than Ukrainian victory

Russia says its proxies have right to two entire Ukrainian oblasts, withdraws from Minsk agreements

63% of Ukrainians want revision of Minsk accords amid record-high support for EU & NATO membership: poll

Daily review: OSINT does not confirm reported Russian withdrawal, Ukraine hit by cyberattack, new coup plot

Russian Duma urges Putin to recognize Donbas puppet statelets. Is the Minsk peace deal dead?

No progress in Normandy talks around Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donbas

Macron in Kyiv denies discussing “Finlandization” of Ukraine with Putin

Macron confirms Kyiv scrapped crucial bill upholding Ukraine’s interests to appease Russia

Moscow, Kyiv differ over goals in relaunching Normandy process

Berlin concerned by Ukraine using Bayraktar drone, but not by Russian-separatist side using banned weapons

The Kremlin is pleased after Kozak-Nuland talks on Ukraine (Part 2)

The Kremlin is pleased after Kozak-Nuland talks on Ukraine (Part 1)

How Ukraine can escape the trap of the Minsk Protocols and return to international law

What would happen if Ukraine implements the controversial Steinmeier formula for Donbas?

Moscow’s reasons behind the resumed fighting in Donbas

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