hmmm... > >putin had been asked about remarks by former german chancellor angela merkel, one of the agreements' sponsors, who told the zeit magazine in an interview published on wednesday that the 2014 agreement had been "an attempt to give ukraine time" - which it had used to become more able to defend itself. vs  > >why would anyone trust ukraine when its been admitted even by the osce watchdogs that they never had any intention of fulfilling the terms of the minsk 2 accords that ended hostilities last time, and just used it as an opportunity to build up their military and fortify eastern ukraine?
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