Agreement
Minsk II agreement and UNSCR 2202, 2015
A UN-endorsed peace package intended to end the fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk through a ceasefire, troop withdrawals and Ukrainian constitutional reform, most of which was never fully implemented.
What happened
On 12 February 2015, the Trilateral Contact Group signed the "Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements" (Minsk II) in Minsk, providing for an immediate ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons, local elections in accordance with Ukrainian law, a special self-government status for certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, and constitutional reform including decentralization; the UN Security Council endorsed the package on 17 February 2015 in Resolution 2202.[1]
The package's central provisions were not fully implemented by their intended end-of-2015 deadline, and conflict in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions continued in the years that followed.[2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 12 February 2015, the Trilateral Contact Group (comprising the OSCE, Russia, Ukraine and the DPR/LPR sides) signed the "Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements" (Minsk II) in Minsk, providing for an immediate ceasefire from 15 February 2015, withdrawal of heavy weapons, local elections in accordance with Ukrainian law, a special self-government status for certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, and constitutional reform including decentralization; the UN Security Council endorsed the package on 17 February 2015 in Resolution 2202, alongside a supporting declaration by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany.
- United Nations Security Council, Security Council Resolution 2202 (2015): endorsing the Minsk II "Package of Measures" (United Nations) link, Resolution text and Annexes I-II. Source record
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Claim: The Minsk II package's central provisions, including a comprehensive ceasefire, full withdrawal of heavy weapons, Ukrainian constitutional reform providing for decentralization, and reinstatement of Ukrainian government control of the state border, were not fully implemented by their intended end-of-2015 deadline, and conflict in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions continued in the years that followed.
- International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic (Wikipedia) link, Post-Minsk conflict continuation section. Source record