The failure of the negotiations on the fate of Donbass in Minsk due to Vladimir Gorbulin’s withdrawal from the Ukrainian delegation is the continuation of the line of Kiev on the failure to comply with previously signed Minsk Agreements.

It was said to The PolitNavigator by Nikolay Ragozin, a political scientist of the Department of Sociology and Political Science of the Donetsk National Technical University.

‘This is a continuation of the line of conduct which was outlined at the last meeting in the Normandy format, when Klimkin actually stated that Ukraine would not fulfil the Minsk Agreements.

Obviously, the political authorities of Ukraine have taken a timeout in the Minsk process, expecting that the US president will change, and a new president will maintain the US commitment to resolve the process, bypassing the Minsk agreements.

Now, as Ukraine ignored its international obligations, we reserve the freedom of action in this situation. In particular, this may concern, first of all, the local elections in accordance with our legislation, since Ukraine has removed itself from the process.

I believe Berlin and France will limit themselves to a sluggish response to this matter. We should not expect anything more active from them. On the one hand, they can not totally withdraw from the Minsk process; on the other hand, they can not seriously influence it because Ukraine fulfils the US orders.

I think that the West is beginning to understand what an unreliable partner they have entered into a relationship with,’ concluded Ragozin.

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