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After a defeat at Ilovaisk at the end of August 2014, Russia forced Ukraine to sign the first Minsk Protocol, or the Minsk I. [2] It was drafted by the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine , consisting of Ukraine, Russia , and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with mediation by the leaders of France ...
The Agreement on the creation the Commonwealth of Independent States (officially), or unofficially Minsk Agreement [1] [2] and best known as Belovezha Accords, [a] is the agreement declaring that the Soviet Union (USSR) had effectively ceased to exist and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in its place as an organization created by the same Union Republics.
In early 2013, the Ukrainian parliament overwhelmingly approved of finalizing a free trade and association agreement with the European Union (EU). [24] The Kremlin pressured Ukraine to reject this agreement; Russia imposed embargoes on Ukrainian goods and threatened further sanctions.
NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned Russia's decision to extend recognition to the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, stating: "This further undermines Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, erodes efforts towards a resolution of the conflict, and violates the Minsk agreements, to which Russia is a party ...
The basic documents on economic issues within the Commonwealth are the Agreement on the Establishment of the Economic Union (1993) and the Agreement on the Creation of a Free Trade Zone (1999). Ukraine did not sign the former of these, which has the aim of integrating the economies of members and creating a single customs and currency area.
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement on Thursday aimed at bolstering Ukraine's defense ...
Ukraine, Russia, the DPR and LPR signed a ceasefire agreement, the Minsk Protocol, in September 2014. [40] Ceasefire breaches became rife, 29 in all, [41] and heavy fighting resumed in January 2015, during which the separatists captured Donetsk Airport. A new ceasefire, Minsk II, was agreed on 12 February 2015.
No to capitulation! (Ukrainian: Ні капітуля́ції!, romanized: Ni kapitulyátsiyi!, IPA: [n⁽ʲ⁾i kɐp⁽ʲ⁾itʊˈlʲat͡s⁽ʲ⁾iji]) was a series of protests in Ukraine against the policy of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in eastern Ukraine.