And those Minsk agreements of 2014 and 2015 were aimed to buy time for these most wicked programs.

Source: http://mashal.org/blog/%d9%81%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a2%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%86%db%8c%d9%88-%da%af%d9%88%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b4-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%ad-%d8%ae%db%8c%d9%84%db%8c-%d8%a8%d9%84%d9%86%d8%af/

In the video, Putin is seen speaking in Russian about the special status of certain regions of Donbas under the Minsk agreements, which sought to end the 2014 fought between armed Russian separatist groups and the Ukrainian army.

Source: https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/01/30426814/russian-propagandist-shares-2019-video-of-zelenskyy-smiling-at-putins-speech-in-paris

Perhaps it shouldn't have created the crisis that led to needing the Minsk agreements.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/the-uk-and-france-reiterate-that-russia%27s-invasion-of-ukraine-must-end-in-failure-as-us-aid-falters

The Minsk agreements were adopted here, in Minsk.

Source: https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-talks-about-causes-inevitability-of-conflict-in-ukraine-156852-2023/

Ukraine would promise not to join NATO, the Donbas would be autonomous as promised by the Minsk agreements, and Russian troops would leave without massively targeting civilian infrastructure and destroying the country.

Source: https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2023/02/12/when-the-us-assumed-joint-ownership-of-the-war-in-ukraine/