Comment by mopsi
2 years ago
None if this is true. For example, the "pro-Russian President" wasn't overthrown. At Russian pressure, he ditched a very favorable trade agreement with the EU that would've opened up many new business opportunities for Ukrainians. When protesters assembled, he ordered police snipers to shoot at them, killing 108 people. He fled to Russia the next day and Ukraine's parliament voted to remove him from office, and scheduled new elections, which were held three months later.
Wiki has a surprisingly good timeline of the event. [1] Even the identity of the snipers has, again, a quite reasonable page on Wiki. [2] You might want to at least add in the whole thing about "protesters" shooting at police officers to try to escalate the conflict, occupying government buildings and seizing substantial quantities of weapons, Western cities (which tend to be very pro-EU and anti-Russia for those not familiar with the geography of Ukraine) spontaneously refusing to acknowledge the President's authority, and ultimately the military as well.
Even the end of it all was quite odd. There was a settlement agreed upon, but far right types refused to accept anything short of the President's ouster, and the government was then subsequently directly threatened by the now in control "protesters". Following said threats riot police and others that were guarding the presidential compound "vanished." [3] And it was in this context that Yanukovych fled. Had he not, he probably would have been killed.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity#Detailed...
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_casualties#Identity_of_...
[3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity#Agreemen...
> Wiki has a surprisingly good timeline of the event. [1] Even the identity of the snipers has, again, a quite reasonable page on Wiki. [2]
None of these link support your point of view, though.
If you lack interest in reading all the sources yourself, feel free to ask for the specific reference of any single thing I've said and I'll happily cite it for you.
the second link is obviously counter to the narrative of
“ When protesters assembled, he ordered police snipers to shoot at them, killing 108 people.” as it describes interviews with Maidan snipers