US backs Minsk agreements to end bloody conflict in Donbass, contradicting Ukrainian calls for changes to terms of 2014 peace deal

American diplomats

American diplomats have reiterated their support for a longstanding plan to put an end to fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine, just one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was outdated and should be amended.

On Monday, in an interview with the Financial Times, Zelensky suggested that the Minsk agreements, signed in 2014, were effectively unworkable. “I’m now participating in the process that was designed before my time,” he said. “The Minsk process should be more flexible in this situation. It should serve the purposes of today not of the past.” He doubled down on the comments speaking to local TV crews later on Tuesday.

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