Russia not taking steps to implement Minsk agreements - U.S. assistant secretary

Russia is not taking steps to implement the Minsk agreements regarding the situation in Donbas, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Kirsten Madison has said.

She said at a briefing at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Friday that everyone hopes that this conflict, which has claimed numerous human lives and caused a lot of sufferings, will end soon.

Madison also said she is aware of the Minsk agreements and added that Russia is not doing as many steps as Ukraine in order to implement the Minsk agreements. 

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