Disinfo: The Minsk agreements require "special legal status" for Donetsk

Summary

Russia is not a party to the conflict (in the Donbas). The Ukrainian authorities are not implementing the agreements signed in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, in order to settle the conflict, especially by refusing to grant the lands of the two "people's" republics a special legal status.

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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the war in Eastern Ukraine, presenting the conflict as a “civil war” while denying the role of Russian forces.

The aim of these messages is to present the situation in Eastern Ukraine as an internal conflict, ignoring irrefutable evidence of direct Russian military involvement in the region since February 2014, which has been well documented already for years, making it part of the conflict in Donbas, and is, consequently, bound by the Minsk agreements.

On that note, the Minsk agreements do NOT require "special legal status" for the territories not under government control. Martin Sajdik, who acted as the OSCE mediator, indicates that the Minsk agreements point to a solution on the special status of the Donbas within the decentralisation of Ukraine, emphasising that “The word autonomy does not figure in the Minsk agreements”, it is Russia’s unique interpretation.

On 21 February 2022, in violation of international law, President Putin recognised the independence of two breakaway regions of Ukraine and ordered Russian forces to perform so-called 'peacekeeping' functions, which is yet another Russian invastion and a clear violation of the Minsk agreements.

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  • Reported in: Issue 272
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 08/02/2022
  • Article language(s) Arabic
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Ukraine, Russia
  • Keywords: Minsk agreements, War in Ukraine, Civil war, Ukrainian statehood, Eastern Ukraine, Donetsk, DNR, LNR, Sovereignty, Donbas, OSCE
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