West Was Arming Ukraine in Violation of Minsk Agreements

Western countries were providing Kiev with weapons and building their military bases in the country in violation of the Minsk Agreements long before the current crisis, Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk said.

"The Western leaders who signed and declared the need to implement the Minsk agreements were in fact pouring weapons into Ukraine and establishing military bases there," Medvedchuk said on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 2014 coup in Ukraine.

In 2021, there were three foreign military bases in Ukraine - in the cities of Ochakov and Berdyansk as well as in the Lvov Region, the Ukrainian politician added.