"According to Chomsky, the contemporary record shows that Minsk 2 wasn't a sham and the Germans and French were sincere about negotiating with Russia..."

Well, as Newland infamously said of their input on Ukraine: "...Fuwk the EU..." Those are just the monkeys. As Chomsky knows, policy came from the Organ-grinder:

"...The U.S. dismissed them* in favor of integrating Ukraine into the NATO (that is, U.S.) military command, also refusing to take any Russian security concerns into consideration..."

*Minsk agreements