Ukraine’s continued refusal to implement the Minsk peace agreements means that Kiev only has itself to blame for its impending destruction, the Russian ambassador to the UN has claimed at a meeting of the Security Council.
Speaking on Monday, Vassily Nebenzya accused Ukraine of hurting itself by sabotaging the Minsk agreements, two peace treaties signed in 2014 and 2015 that aimed to put an end to the War in Donbass.
The conflict began in 2014 after the events of the Maidan, when violent street protests toppled the democratically elected government in Ukraine. This eventually led to the two self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) declaring independence, a move recognized by neither Moscow nor Kiev. Ukraine believes Russia is backing the two republics.