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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world -5 points 2 days ago (25 children)

Right, because the US told Yanukovych to brutalize his people, and also told the people to revolt and the supreme court to remove him from office, so he could flee to Russia. Not saying the West didn't see this as an opportunity to strengthen economic ties, but it was not a bear and stick moment. Why do you insist that only the West is at fault? Culpability is shared

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (24 children)

Why would he tell people to “revolt” when he was the president of the country? That doesn’t even make sense. Who did he “brutalize,” specifically? It was the coup snipers who shot people in Maidan from rooftops. It was a false flag attack.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2023.2269685

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