#Macron keeps returning to the 2014 & 2015 #ceasefire agreements, known as the #MinskAccords, that were forged after Russian-backed separatists attacked & grabbed #territory in eastern #Ukraine but that failed to prevent #Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. He seems intent on convincing #Trump that a hasty cease-fire will not end the underlying conflict.

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