[mopsi]

None of this is true. Yanukovych, the Ukrainian president with strong Russian backing, torpedoed a highly beneficial EU-Ukrainian trade deal under last-minute Russian pressure[1]. Ukrainian youth, who had the most to win from increased trade, employment and studying opportunities, staged a series of mass protest[2]. Yanukovych responded with gradual increase of violence, starting with hired thugs[3] attacking protesters, and culminating with police snipers killing 108 protesters on/around 20 February 2014[4]. That was such a shock that Yanukovych lost all political footing in Ukraine overnight. As he was about to get arrested and criminally tried, he went into hiding. After he was officially declared a wanted fugitive[5], Russian secret services evacuated him to Russia. The very next day after the wave of violence, on 21 February 2014, the Ukrainian parliament assembled and voted unanimously with 328-vs-0 to hold snap elections to find a replacement. Not even a single representative of his own party opposed this. The elections were held on 25 May 2014[6] and the results were recognized by everyone, even by Russia[7].

Calling this chain of events a "CIA coup" is an indication of baffling ignorance of the actual facts. Whoever gave you this "understanding" blatantly lied to you.

[1] https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2013-11-27/ukr...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titushky

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_casualties

[5] https://www.kyivpost.com/post/9002

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_presidential_el...

[7] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27542057

[ossobuco]

> Yanukovych, the Ukrainian president with strong Russian backing, torpedoed a highly beneficial EU-Ukrainian trade deal under last-minute Russian pressure

Several EU countries torpedoed a highly beneficial China-EU trade deal under last-minute USA pressure. Time for a euro maidan?

[taurknaut]

Bro you found the most biased news sources on the planet. How about you cite the financial times if this is so clear?

I don't see any evidence that the CIA counciled Ukraine to avoid war. I see a lot of evidence that they'd push for exactly the opposite. Even if they didn't meddle (which is straight unbelievable), they're cackling with happiness that their buffer state went to war.

[rat87]

Why would the CIA council things? It would be president and state department.

If we're talking about the Revolution of Dignity the EU and US sadly didn't care that much and generally advised the opposition to try to compromise with Yanukovych. It was Yanukovych himself who decided to flee and Putin who decided to invade in 2014.

And Ukraine didn't go to war, Russia was the one who invaded Ukraine. Ukraine was merely defending itself. Ukraine tried to find a way to avoid the war, Russia was not interested.

Do you think Putin is a US puppet?

In 2022 Biden repeatedly pointed out that the planned full scale invasion was an even worse even stupider idea. Putin invaded anyway.

[taurknaut]

> Why would the CIA council things? It would be president and state department.

The CIA absolutely counciled ukraine. Why would you think otherwise? This is precisely the CIA wheelhouse.

[AlexeyBelov]

Alright, Mr. Unbiased 18 day old account. Lol. Lmao, even.

[taurknaut]

Gee let's consider here why nobody trusts the cia.

Anyone who says otherwise is either trying to get along with another american or is simply retarded. But I repeat myself. We americans are not a terribly skeptical people and absolutely deserve what we get. Morons. Why bother complaining about fascism if we don't even bother to tear down obviously evil structures like the cia? What is the goddamn point?