Comments by "Arty" (@arty5876) on "Putin ready to end Ukraine war if Russia can keep land it now controls: report" video.

@mariatheresavonhabsburg Russia respects the deals, Bill Clinton said in 2013 that Putin respected all deals Russia did with USA. Russia respected Minsk agreements, Russia was ready to return all territory and pull back to pre-war border in march 2022 in exchange of neutral status of Ukraine. But Ukraine tricked Russia and made everything illogical
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@luissantoyo27 no, Minsk agreements were in favour of Ukraine. Ukraine was weak in 2014-17, Ukrainian army at that point was weak and uncapable, but instead of capturing Kiev in 3 days in 2016, Russia made everything to end the war that Ukraine have started against Russian separatists. Russia didn't wanted full scale war, but it became clear in 2021, that Ukraine wants revenge. Ukraine wanted to revenge Russia for its defeats, and Ukraine needed NATO security guarantees in order to cut off Donetsk and Luhansk People's republics from Russian support. So, Russia simply had no other choise - Russia concentrated its army on Ukrainian border in 2021 and started negotiations with NATO. But negotiations with NATO have failed, and when diplomats stop talking, the cannons start. If Russia didn't started this war, this war was still inevitable, the only difference that if Russia didn't started war, then the Ukraine would have started it by attacking Donetsk and Luhansk, so Russia had no other choise but to protect them and save independence of Russian republics. If Russia wants to conquer Ukraine, why Russia didn't invaded in 2015, in 2016, in 2017?
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@luissantoyo27 no, Minsk agreements were in favour of Ukraine. Ukraine was weak in 2014-17, Ukrainian army at that point was weak and uncapable, but instead of capturing Kiev in 3 days in 2016, Russia made everything to end the war that Ukraine have started against Russian separatists. Russia didn't wanted full scale war, but it became clear in 2021, that Ukraine wants revenge. Ukraine wanted to revenge Russia for its defeats, and Ukraine needed NATO security guarantees in order to cut off Donetsk and Luhansk People's republics from Russian support. So, Russia simply had no other choise - Russia concentrated its army on Ukrainian border in 2021 and started negotiations with NATO. But negotiations with NATO have failed, and when diplomats stop talking, the cannons start. If Russia didn't started this war, this war was still inevitable, the only difference that if Russia didn't started war, then the Ukraine would have started it by attacking Donetsk and Luhansk, so Russia had no other choise but to protect them and save independence of Russian republics. If Russia wants to conquer Ukraine, why Russia didn't invaded in 2015, in 2016, in 2017?
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