Merkel acknowledged the increased number of problems in Ukraine after the Minsk agreements

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that since the signing of the second Minsk agreements in 2015, the problems in Ukraine have only increased. This was announced on April 2 by the Clash Report news portal in its Telegram channel.

"Speaking of the times when I had responsibilities, I critically analyzed them. <...> Ukraine has gone through terrible years since then <...> Of course, I see that the number of problems has not decreased, but only increased. Nevertheless, looking back, I believe that delaying the conflict to arm Ukraine was the right decision," Merkel said on Hessischer Rundfunk radio.

The German politician confirmed that before the signing of the Minsk agreements, neither Kiev nor its partners would have been able to resist the Russian army. Since then, Western financing and arms supplies have made it possible to somehow prepare Ukraine for military action against Russia. However, according to the ex-chancellor, the situation in Ukraine has only gotten worse over the past decade, and Merkel's "hopes" for a sovereign Ukrainian state have not come true.

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On February 11, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Western partners in the Minsk agreements were "fooling" everyone's head, and called them a scam. According to him, after the negotiations in Minsk, the Russian side hoped that the Western states would somehow influence the situation under the Minsk agreements, but they did nothing.

Russia's representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Dmitry Polyansky said on January 25 that the OSCE's role in resolving the conflict in Ukraine is an illusion, as the organization has discredited itself. The diplomat noted that the OSCE cannot monitor the truce in Ukraine, as it failed the effectiveness test during the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

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