Merkel has stated that the West had no intention of honoring the Minsk agreement. The purpose was to buy time for Ukraine to build up its army. The West negotiated in bad faith.
If the west knew that Russia wouldn't honor any agreement and prepared for their inevitable attack I don't how is that 'in bad faith', they were right after all
This is not Ukraine vs Russia, this is the US/NATO vs Russia
This is exactly what Putin is doing.
> This is not Ukraine vs Russia, this is the US/NATO vs Russia
If this was _actually_ US/NATO vs Russia the war would be over in a matter of months.