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‼️ Fact 1. In February 2014, a coup ( https://consortiumnews.com/2014/02/23/neocons-and-the-ukraine-coup/ ) overthrew the Ukrainian government which came to power in an election certified by the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation). The president, Viktor Yanukovich, was forced to flee for his life.

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‼️ Fact 2. The coup was instigated by United States officials. (((Neo-conservatives))) such as Victoria Nuland and John McCain actively supported the protests. As confirmed in a secretly recorded phone call ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV9J6sxCs5k ), Nuland had determined the post-coup power composition weeks in advance. She bragged they had spent $5 billion in this campaign over two decades. Nuland managed the coup but Vice President Biden was overall in charge. Subsequently, Joe Biden’s son personally benefited ( https://consortiumnews.com/2019/10/14/dcs-atlantic-council-raked-in-funding-from-hunter-bidens-corruption-stained-ukrainian-employer-while-courting-his-vp-father/ ) from the coup.

‼️ Fact 3. The coup government immediately acted with hostility toward its Russian speaking citizens, which make up 30% ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Ukraine#:~:text=Russian%20is%20the%20native%20language,to%20the%20former%20Soviet%20Union ) of the population. On the first day in power, the coup regime acted to make Russian no longer an official state language. This was followed by more actions of hostility. As documented in the video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loKajkXoTBU ) “Crimes of the Euromaidan Nazis”, a convoy of buses going back to Crimea was attacked. In Odessa, over thirty opponents of the coup government died ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0mgpwW6_Y ) when they were attacked and the trade union hall set afire.

‼️ Fact 4. During World War 2, there were Nazi sympathizers in western Ukraine when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. This element continues today in the form of Svoboda and other far right nationalist parties. The Ukrainian government has even passed legislation heroizing Nazi collaborators while removing statues honoring anti-Nazi patriots. The situation was described three years ago in an article “Neo-nazis and the far right are on the march in Ukraine ( https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/neo-nazis-far-right-ukraine/ )”. The author questioned why the US is supporting this.

‼️ Fact 5. The secession of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk are a direct result of the 2014 coup. In Crimea, a referendum vote ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Crimean_status_referendum#:~:text=The%20official%20result%20from%20the,Russian%20Federation%20with%20an%2089 ) was rapidly organized. With 83% turnout and 97% voting in favor, Crimeans decided to secede from Ukraine and re-unify with Russia. Crimea was part of Russia since 1783. When the administration of Crimea was transferred to the Ukraine in 1954 they were all part of the Soviet Union. This was done without consulting the population.

In the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk on the border with Russia, the majority of the population speaks Russian and had no hostility to Russia. The Kiev coup regime was hostile and enacting policies they vehemently disagreed with. In spring 2014, the Luhansk and Donetsk Peoples Republics declared their independence from the Kiev regime.

‼️ Fact 6. The Minsk Agreements ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_agreements#Minsk_Protocol ) of 2014 and 2015 were signed by Ukraine, Ukrainian rebels, Russia and other European authorities. They were designed to stop the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine and retain the territorial integrity of Ukraine while granting a measure of autonomy to Luhansk and Donetsk. This is not abnormal; there are 17 autonomous zones in Europe. These agreements were later rebuffed by the Kiev government and Washington. This led to the decision by Russia on 21 February 2022 to recognize the Peoples Republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR).

But isn’t secession illegal under international law? The US and NATO have little credibility to oppose secession since they promoted the breakup of Yugoslavia, secession of Kosovo from Serbia, secession of South Sudan from Sudan, and Kurdish secessionist efforts in Iraq and Syria, etc.. The secession of Crimea is justified by its unique history and overwhelming popular support. The secession of Luhansk and Donetsk may be justified by the illegal 2014 Kiev coup.