Putin’s statement on the refusal to return control over the state border in the occupied Donbas to Kyiv indicates that the Minsk Agreements are in strict accordance with Russia’s strategy on the resolution of this conflict – this is not a Ukrainian plan. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency UNIAN.
“Putin made it clear that it was up to him when control over the border would be handed over to Ukraine. If I were a Ukrainian leader, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or the …read more
Source: Razumkov Centre