there is no two opinions and truth about conflict in ukraine. its extremely simple. yanukovich was not pro russian, he only refused to sign eu association at the point since the economic condition offered were terrible and would ruine ukraine economy, he wished for better ones. in responce eu and us activated the long prepared and trained in poland and by ngos in ukraine and leaders in us activists, shipping them from werstern ukraine to kiev and starting violent demonstrations. (yes, from side of maidan it was violenet from begining- including kerchinski troops, molotovs etc.) georgian snipers started shooting in back of protesters and police to spark more violence. meanwhile, in western ukraine, right nationalist organizations like right sector started taking over local administrations - violently, mind you, with threat of arms. yanukovich with guarantees of 4 western nations secured agreement with leaders of demonstrants (leader of nazi svoboda party yazenyuk), that would lead to non violent solution and compromise. the exact next day said agreement was ignored and violence ensured, attempts at yanukovich life too. all western "guarantors" pretended they didnt just sign stuff yesterday and supported violent protesters. meanwhile right sector, right wing football hooligans started raiding east ukraine, attacking locals - hense slovyansk, mariupol, some in luhans and odessa incident. locals in luhans and kharkov etc. went to peaceful demonstrations supporting local administrations that due peoples will did not recognize coup in kiev.
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