EuroMaidan press: Everything you wanted to know about the Minsk peace deal, but were afraid to ask By EuroMaidan press. Published March 2, 2018 at 4:20 pm Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) after all-night talks ending in a Minsk II agreement. Photo by AFP The Minsk agreements were supposed to bring peace to Ukraine. So why is the war in Donbas going on for nearly four years? Read more here.