DISINFO: Poroshenko and Zelenskyy have been refusing to implement the Minsk agreements
SUMMARY
Poroshenko and Zelenskyy have long and diligently fought back from the implementation of the Minsk agreements. [...] Kyiv not only denied the implementation of the Minsk agreements but also Kyiv, using the so-called "toad jumping" technology, gradually captured the gray zone located between combat positions. [...] Kyiv did not want to perform "Minsk", and now it is possible not to perform it. But it turned out that the Minsk agreements, among other things, guaranteed the security of the Ukrainian authorities.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative in the run-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, claiming that Ukraine is not willing to implement the Minsk and Normandy agreements, and Ukraine's position is the only obstacle to the peace process in Donbas.
These claims are part of a disinformation campaign about Russia’s military build-up on the border with Ukraine prior to the invasion. By shifting the blame on Ukraine, this disinformation story aims to deny any Russian responsibility for Putin's War.
In reality, in 2021, Russia started a large-scale military build-up near the border with eastern Ukraine, generating great concern in Ukraine, Europe and across the world.
On 21 February 2022, after weeks of extreme tensions, President Vladimir Putin decided to recognise the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (administrative regions) in Ukraine as independent entities and to send Russian troops into these areas. This followed a positive vote by the Russian State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) on 15 February.
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine.
The EU condemned in the strongest possible terms Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine and imposed the toughest restrictive measures on Russia. Read more about the EU response and support for Ukraine.
See also the Guide to Deciphering Pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's War and The Chilling Background to the Kremlin's "No War" trope.
Read more disinformation reports alleging that Ukraine is blocking the peace settlement in Donbas.