The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the Donbas war fought between armed Russian separatist groups and Armed Forces of Ukraine, with Russian regular forces playing a central part. [1] .

Feb 23, 2022 · The 12-point agreement became known as the Minsk Agreement because it had been negotiated in Minsk, Belarus. The agreement included a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and delivery of humanitarian aid.

1 day ago · In September 2014, Minsk Protocol (Minsk I), Russia committed to withdrawing illegal armed groups and military equipment from Ukraine. The February 2015 Minsk II Agreement (Minsk II) promised the removal of all foreign armed forces and mercenaries under OSCE supervision and the disarmament of illegal groups.

Feb 9, 2022 · Why has the 2015 agreement failed to end fighting in eastern Ukraine? The Minsk II deal set out military and political steps that remain unimplemented.

Feb 21, 2022 · Western officials fear Russia could invade Ukraine, using skirmishes in the east of the country as a pretext for an attack. The original Minsk agreements had ended large-scale fighting but violence has been simmering for a while and intensified recently.

Dec 6, 2021 · The United States has warned Russia not to invade Ukraine and urged both countries to return to a set of agreements designed to end a separatist war by Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine.

Six years after the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula, the Minsk peace agreements to end the fighting have yielded limited results.

Feb 23, 2022 · The Minsk Agreement was signed in the context of the outbreak of civil war in Ukraine following the post-Euromaidan government’s move to crush the protests opposing the pro-EU and pro-NATO ...

May 18, 2022 · Ukraine signed the Minsk agreements under pressure from the West, which saw them as a means to end the open military conflict, but did nothing to resolve the overarching disagreement between Russia and Ukraine.

Feb 8, 2022 · These talks revolve around a series of notoriously ambiguous cease-fire agreements from 2014 and 2015, known as the Minsk accords, that were forged after Russian-backed separatists attacked and...