Former French President Hollande admits that the Minsk agreement was used to strengthen Ukraine, exactly the same as Merkel, who came out also saying the Minsk agreement was to buy time for Ukraine to rebuild its army.
"Everyone thought it was Putin who was playing for time. No, we were playing for time to strengthen Ukraine" - Hollande.
That moment when Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus pretended to be Ukrainians and got former French President Hollande to reveal the truth about the Minsk agreements:
"Everyone thought it was Putin who was playing for time.
No, we were playing for time to strengthen Ukraine"
(Francois Hollande)