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Russian annexation of Crimea
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RUSSIA ANNEXED CRIMEA IN 2014 AS A RESPONSE TO THE “COUP” IN KYIV

Myth: Russia launched the annexation of Crimea as a response to the “coup” in Kyiv.

Fact: Russia planned the annexation of Crimea long before the Revolution of Dignity. According to the Russian officials, the so-called “Crimean Operation” started on Feb 20, 2014. The Ukrainian dictator Viktor Yanukovich fled from Ukraine to Russia on Feb 22, 2014. It means that Vladimir Putin launched the military operation while Yanukovich was still an acting president of Ukraine.

In addition, such large-scale operations usually require months of preparation: conducting reconnaissance, military planning, stockpiling resources and weaponry, and accumulating personnel and vehicles – since Crimea is not a single city, but a separate region of Ukraine as large as 27.000 square kilometers (10.000 square miles). It means that the plan to occupy Ukrainian Crimea has been prepared by Russian command long before the Revolution of Dignity took place.

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The 2013–2014 events in Ukraine were a coup

Myth: The 2013–2014 events in Ukraine were a coup.

Fact: The Revolution of Dignity was a mass protest movement supported by millions of Ukrainians. Then-President Yanukovych fled to Russia after his security forces killed over 100 protesters. Ukraine’s parliament, including members of his own party, voted to remove him and hold new elections. This followed Ukraine’s constitutional process, making it a legitimate transfer of power, not a coup.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the term “coup” is defined as a “sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.” The revolution of Dignity in Ukraine was performed by hundreds of political movements and non-government organisations united against the corrupted and violent regime of Yanukovych, known for forging elections in 2004, and resulted in democratic elections in Ukraine, involving hundreds of international observers from around the world.

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