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Recently, former German Prime Minister Merkel exposed the inside story of Minsk agreement . As a result, Putin lamented that he was cheated and regretted that it was too late to carry out special military operations against Ukraine. Therefore, after recognizing the true faces of Western countries, Russia will not talk about it this time, and must Ukraine compromise. So what exactly did the Minsk Agreement say that can cause Putin to regret it?
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As we all know, in 2014, the Ukrainian crisis broke out, causing the pro-Russian President Yanukovych to step down and even go into exile overseas. The root of all this is undoubtedly related to , NATO's eastward expansion of , and the infiltration of the Western camp into Ukraine. The impact of the Ukrainian crisis has been affecting the present, and at that time, the two most direct results were: one was that Crimea announced its separation from Ukraine and return to Russia, and the other was that the eastern Ukraine was in war.
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. The Minsk Agreement was held specifically to resolve the unrest in eastern Ukraine. A special meeting was held. Russia and Ukraine, as well as France and Germany, negotiated in the capital of Belarus . The purpose of the meeting was to ensure that the ceasefire between the two sides of the conflict and to return the eastern Ukraine to a state of peace and stability. So is the Minsk Agreement effective? Of course the answer is no, otherwise the current Russian-Ukrainian crisis would not have occurred. However, because of this incident, Russia's intervention in the Ukrainian crisis was delayed.
If Russia decisively intervened after the Ukrainian crisis broke out in 2014, the result would be very different. First of all, Yanukovych was ousted by the opposition, but he still had a certain influence in Ukraine, and many people also supported him. Therefore, if Russia could take action at that time, there would be great hope to bring Yanukovych back to the position of president. Just like in 2020, when the crisis occurred in Belarus and the opposition wanted Lukashenko to step down, Putin solved the crisis by taking action.
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Because Russia did not take decisive action at the time, Ukraine went further and further on the pro-Western road. At the same time, Ukraine's cooperation with NATO countries is also deepening. You should know that Ukraine originally belonged to the Warsaw Pact system and was in a tit-for-tat way with NATO. Therefore, even if NATO wants to help Ukraine, Ukraine will not be able to adapt in a short period of time. However, due to Russia's failure to take action, Ukraine's cooperation with NATO countries has become increasingly in-depth, and even launched joint military exercises. Ukraine's side also obtained some NATO tactics and weapons and equipment in a series of contacts.
So, it was precisely because Putin did not choose to interfere in the Ukrainian incident at the time after the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, which led to the emergence of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis today and Russia's delay in solving the problem. However, there is no regret medicine in the world. Although Russia has paid the price for the Ukrainian incident, Western countries are not much better. Most countries are trapped in the energy crisis , and the United States has also experienced the most severe inflation in 40 years. Therefore, no one is the ultimate winner in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
