>>507957881First they promised that they only want Crimea, just to send FSB agents to Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Mariupol. In Odesa, Kharkiv and Mariupol they got kicked out but in Donetsk Girkin managed to make contact with local mafia and open up prisons to recruit all murderers, rapists and other scum that made backbone of his soldiers.
After that they promised during first Minsk agreement to stop fighting, only to start another offensive few days after signing it.
In Debaltseve Russian forces promised that they allow safe passage to Ukrainian soldiers if they leave heavy equipment only to start shelling the moment Ukrainian soldiers get out of village.
After that they promised to allow government officials to go to Luhansk and Donetsk and oversee local referendum but they never got it and instead Russia spent 2015-2022 just funnelling weapons and soldiers into Donetsk and Luhansk