DISINFO: In Ukraine, in 2014 there was a coup d'état
SUMMARY
In Ukraine, in 2014 there was a coup d'état.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives portraying the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests in Kyiv as a coup d'état.
There was no coup d’état in Kyiv in 2014; this is a longstanding pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine's Euromaidan. The spontaneous onset of the Euromaidan protests was a reaction by numerous segments of the Ukrainian population to former president Viktor Yanukovych’s sudden departure from the promised Association Agreement with the European Union in November 2013.
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