Putin made the comments in a joint press conference with Macron, who held the meeting to stop a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
spokespersonThe 2014 protocol was a complicated, long-negotiated proposal to end fighting in the Donbas region and give it unique status, including independent elections.
"It is clear to everyone that the current authorities in Kyiv have set a course for dismantling the Minsk accords," Putin said on Monday."There are no shifts on such fundamental issues as constitutional reform, amnesty, local elections, and the legal aspects of a special status for Donbas." Russia launched an attack on Ukraine in 2014 following widespread opposition in Kyiv to a decision by then-President Viktor Yanukovich to shun the EU and move Ukraine closer to Russia.
Ukraine's government eventually impeached Yanukovich, and he fled to Russia. Putin annexed Crimea in 2014 and launched a proxy war in the Donbas soon after. about the need for the two nations to be deeply connected once again.
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