Senator Alexei Pushkov commented on the statement of ex-Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on the Minsk agreements. He wrote about this in his Telegram-channel.

Pushkov responded to Merkel’s words and stressed that she refused to form her own opinion on the situation on Ukraine. In his opinion, the politician admitted that during her tenure as chancellor of the country, “Berlin only played the Minsk agreements in order to give Ukraine” precious time “to prepare for war.”

once again proves the responsibility of the Western alliance for the transition of the Ukrainian crisis into a military phase,” the senator accused.

Earlier, Merkel called the Minsk agreements an attempt to give Ukraine time to become stronger. “Ukraine of 2014-2015 is not modern Ukraine,” she stressed.