Comment by Const-me
2 years ago
You’re telling the false version of these events spread by the Russian state propaganda.
> US backed a [coup, revolution, insurrection - whatever you want to call it] in Ukraine
People of Ukraine did the revolution. The western backing you’re talking about was limited to vague verbal expressions of support.
> territories that also leaned pro-Russia refused to recognize the new government and declared their independence
That only happened on the territories invaded by the Russians.
Crimea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Crimea#H...
Eastern Ukraine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Girkin#Sloviansk
> People of Ukraine did the revolution. The western backing you’re talking about was limited to vague verbal expressions of support.
Obviously no revolution can happen without popular dissatisfaction and massive popular support for an alternative. But I think the Nuland-Pyatt call leak firmly puts to bed the notion that US involvement was 'limited to vague verbal expressions of support.'
Are you referring to that leaked call? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 If the leak is true, the people in the call are doing precisely what they publicly said they were doing — trying to negotiate a peaceful political resolution of the ongoing crisis.
As shown by the events which followed, all their talks achieved absolutely nothing.
The resolution of the crisis in Ukraine was neither peaceful nor political. Instead, couple weeks after the alleged call the crisis was resolved after the bloodshed on February 18-20.
Then Russia has launched military invasion, escalating the internal political crisis into an international war. Sadly, the war is still ongoing, despite almost 10 years have passed since these events.
They're literally picking out the next PM to replace yakunovich and it turned out exactly as they said.
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