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New polling shows most Americans and Europeans want the Ukraine war to come to an end. (lemmy.ml)

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https://instituteforglobalaffairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IGA-Modeling-Democracy-2024-The-New-Atlanticism.pdf

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (6 children)

What democratically elected government did Ukraine overthrow?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

first-time

Its own government, in 2014, with the help of the US.

Reuters, 2014: Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU
Leaked recording between Nuland and Pyatt: audio | transcript
CouterPunch, 2014: US Imperialism and the Ukraine Coup
Consortium News, 2015: The Mess That Nuland Made
Jacobin, 2022: A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War
Consortium News, 2022: Evidence of US-Backed Coup in Kiev
Al Jazeera, 2022: Why did Ukraine suspend 11 ‘pro-Russia’ parties?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Oh. So got couped. Is couped a word? It read like Ukraine was going around creating Freedom^TM^ for other countries.

Either way haven't heard much about this allged coup of Ukraine so I shall read those and make up my mind on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

While you're at it - also read up on Ukraine's "Orange Revolution". Since gaining its independence, the only way Ukraine has managed to install pro-western governments is by revolutions and coups.

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