Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made a startling revelation to a prominent German news magazine last week.
Speaking to Der Spiegel, he confessed that he never had any intention of honouring the Minsk II peace agreements of 2015, signed by Russia,
Ukraine, and an organization with no legal status internationally —the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe).Why did Zelensky say that there was never any intention of respecting the Minsk II agreements?
Was it intentional or was it a last-ditch attempt to goad the West into giving him more military supplies and financial aid before the Russians raise the stakes?
Venu Gopal Narayanan is an independent upstream petroleum consultant who focuses on energy, geopolitics, current affairs and electoral arithmetic. He tweets at @ideorogue.