![]() ![]() Putin responded by annexing Crimea and kickstarting a war in the east, using undercover agents. Yanukovych fled to Russia months later after his security forces shot dead more than 100 unarmed protesters. The anti-corruption movement was peaceful and had widespread public support. Street demonstrations began in late 2013 in Kyiv after the then president, Viktor Yanukovych, dumped an association agreement with the EU and accepted a bailout from Moscow. ![]() Ukraine says these claims are discredited Kremlin propaganda. In one article, a paragraph was added reading: “The Kremlin also said its invasion was sparked by a failure to implement the Minsk agreement peace accords, designed to give Russia speakers autonomy and protection, and the rise of a neo-Nazi element in Ukraine since a coup ousted a Russian-friendly Ukrainian government in 2014.”Īnother added that Russia launched its invasion “claiming that a US-backed coup in 2014 with the help of neo-Nazis had created a threat to its borders and had ignited a civil war that saw Russian-speaking minorities persecuted”. The articles in question made a range of amendments: adding the word “coup” to describe the Maidan revolution changing a description of Ukraine’s former “pro-Russian president” to read “pro-Russian elected government” adding references to a “pro-western government” that had “suppressed ethnic Russians” and on several occasions adding references to Russian concerns about “neo-Nazi elements” in Ukraine. ![]()
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