President Zelensky believes the Minsk treaty was a concession to Russia

“I don’t want to offend anyone, but the Minsk agreements, seen as a way to calm the situation, were actually a concession to Russia. I told Emmanuel [Makron] and [Angela] Merkel and also [Vladimir] Putin when we were in Normandy (meaning the Normandy format) that the Minsk agreements cannot be implemented in this form," he said. According to Zelensky, "they were surprised and a little angry that he questioned this process immediately after he was elected head of state." "But this is what I told them: I returned from the front line, I visited all the villages on this front line. The Minsk agreements cannot be implemented," he said.