Russia and the West continue to trade accusations over the causes and responsibility for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. On Monday, Russia's U.N. Ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused the West of sabotaging agreements that could have prevented the war, while the U.S. and its allies placed the blame squarely on Moscow, stating that President Vladimir Putin had ordered the invasion.
The Russian ambassador pointed to the failure to implement the 2015 Minsk agreements, which aimed to resolve the conflict between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists. Nebenzia placed the blame for this failure on 'Kyiv's sabotage,' supported by the West. He claimed that if the Minsk agreements had been implemented, the tragedy that Ukraine is facing today could have been avoided.
