“Yes, we heard the recent statements by Zelensky, Angela Merkel, Hollande and Poroshenko himself, who [essentially] let it out, confessed that the Minsk agreements were a hoax to buy time for Ukraine.

In addition, the Minsk agreements are an example of the failure of the UN's preventive activities.

The fact is that if they had been faithfully executed, then what is happening now would not have happened, ”Nebenzya said.

According to him, it turned out that they were not going to do anything there.

“And to those who say that it started a year ago, that the anniversary is approaching, we answer like this: “Your chronology is wrong.

It started nine years ago.

Nine years ago we begged you to listen to us, but no one did,” he added.

Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the former French President Francois Hollande confirmed that for their countries the Minsk agreements were a screen for preparing for a military scenario in the Donbass.