MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Russia took into account the need to implement the Minsk Accords and exerted numerous efforts to make sure that the commitments under the deal were implemented by Ukraine, France, and Germany, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. The Russian presidential spokesman responded with a negative reply to a question as to whether Moscow assumed that the deal would not be carried out once the accords were signed. You know how much effort the Russian side invested into the negotiating track in order to force both the Ukrainian side and Berlin and Paris to go down the path of fulfilling the commitments that the parties had undertaken under the Minsk agreements, he continued. According to Peskov, Moscow exerted a great deal of effort into the Minsk Accords. He recalled that the talks on the issue involved the personal participation of President Vladimir Putin, ex Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov and Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak. Undoubtedly, the main objective was to force Kiev to fulfill its obligations, Peskov told the news briefing.

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MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Russia took into account the need to implement the Minsk Accords and exerted numerous efforts to make sure that the commitments under the deal were implemented by Ukraine, France, and Germany, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. The Russian presidential spokesman responded with a negative reply to a question as to whether Moscow assumed that the deal would not be carried out once the accords were signed. You know how much effort the Russian side invested into the negotiating track in order to force both the Ukrainian side and Berlin and Paris to go down the path of fulfilling the commitments that the parties had undertaken under the Minsk agreements, he continued. According to Peskov, Moscow exerted a great deal of effort into the Minsk Accords. He recalled that the talks on the issue involved the personal participation of President Vladimir Putin, ex Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov and Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak. Undoubtedly, the main objective was to force Kiev to fulfill its obligations, Peskov told the news briefing.