You're just splitting hairs. They used the Minsk peace negotiations to buy time to prepare for war, "to become stronger"... and not for actual peace. This is a fact that you have to accept.

Later Hollande corroborated the admission.

"Yes, Angela Merkel is right on this point. Since 2014, Ukraine has strengthened its military posture. Indeed, the Ukrainian army was completely different from that of 2014. It was better trained and equipped. It is the merit of the Minsk agreements to have given the Ukrainian army this opportunity."

The "merit" of peace agreements to prepare for war.