So why Minsk agreements failed? There seems to have been a major decrease in ceasefire violations per OSCE during COVID years (to 1/3rd). So it seems a bit weird for Russia to escalate now, if calming the situation down was the Russian overall goal. And certainly if Russian so care about people's lives, orders of magnitude more are dying now than in the last few years.
Re:What Is at Stake in Ukraine
by mynameisvlad on Friday April 15, 2022 @10:04AM
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Zelensky can't possibly control what another country does, how is it his fault that another country unilaterally decided to invade theirs?
This is just straight up victim blaming.
Re:What Is at Stake in Ukraine
by federoccco on Friday April 15, 2022 @05:48PM
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Under Zelenskiy situation in Donbas was de-escalating. Implementation of Minsk agreement the way Russia wanted it to happen was not on his agenda nor it was supported by majority of Ukrainian electorate. Ukraine is a democracy, whether you like it or not.
I don't think Ukraine got a say in the yes/no decision for this invasion. Apparently the only person that got to influence it was Xi but he somehow forgot to pass on the facts to the relevant parties.
You remember Zelensky was elected on the narrative he'd bring peace. For that there was Minsk which was not good and giving in to force, but well, implementing it would have been a hell of a lot better than what's happening now. Yet, he wasn't able to achieve that? Maybe Ukraine isn't the center of democracy the State Department made it into the past 2 months.