DISINFO: US intelligence services and european countries are responsible for 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine
SUMMARY
Responsibility for the coup d'état that took place in Ukraine in 2014 lies with the US intelligence services and the European countries that supported the opposition.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the role of the US and the EU in 2014 Euromaidan in Ukraine.
The demonstrations which began in Kyiv in November 2013 – called "Maidan", or "Euromaidan" – were a result of the Ukrainian people's frustration with the former President Yanukovych. After seven years of negotiation, he refused to sign the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement and halted progress towards Ukraine's closer relationship with the EU due to Russian pressure.
The protesters' demands included constitutional reform, a stronger role for parliament, the formation of a government of national unity, an end to corruption, early presidential elections and an end to violence.
The EU is among the strongest advocates of Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. The EU and the US work closely with Ukraine and support the democratic development of Ukraine in accordance with the UN Charter’s principles of non-interference into internal affairs and respect towards territorial integrity and political independence.
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