“We persuaded Donetsk and Luhansk to renounce their declared sovereignty if the Minsk agreements were implemented: it was only necessary to grant a special status to these territories.
France and Germany themselves have signed what this status should be: the Russian language, their own law enforcement agencies and special economic ties with the Russian Federation.
None of this has been done," Lavrov said.
According to him, Ukraine has been ignoring agreements for eight years and killing people in the Donbass, while Europe turned a blind eye to this.
“For a long eight years they continued to kill civilians.
All of Europe was silent and told Russia that if the Ukrainians do not want to fulfill the Minsk agreements, let Moscow fulfill them, ”the minister said.
Earlier, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that the current situation in Ukraine was caused by the fact that the Minsk agreements were never implemented.