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2024-01-22 18:59:40 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is false. Viktor Yanukovych provoked protests by refusing to sign an EU association agreement he had promised. He then violently cracked down on protesters, and fled to Russia. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/coup-in-ukraine-in-2014 https://www.polygraph.info/a/ukrainian-maidan-was-not-a-coup/6741774.html https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/the-neo-nazi-regime-in-kyiv-must-be-brought-to-an-end Igor Girkin admitted Russia invaded Donbas. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/11/21/russias-igor-strelkov-i-am-responsible-for-war-in-eastern-ukraine-a41598 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/01/06/372872870/the-russian-who-claims-credit-for-fanning-the-flames-in-ukraine
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