I guess from a Russian point of view he is still alive as well then
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy
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it was an illegitimate referendum.
The truth is Russia is the antagonist in this conflict and in many ways are what they accuse Ukraine of being
At no point during the video does RM cite The Independent as a source.
But even if he had:
The Independent is owned by a former KGB officer
Looking at this youtubers video catalog there is definitely a common theme among his videos.
Why accuse me of citing propaganda whilst sending me obvious propaganda?
"THIS HAPPENED!!!!
I HAVE NO PROOF
THE ONLY PEOPLE SAYING IT HAPPENED ARE KNOWN LIARS
BELLLIEEEEVVVVEEEE MEEEE!!!!!!"
That's what you sound like
You made a bold inaccurate claim citing a source video of someone making a bold inaccurate claim who cites no source.
dont post tankie youtubers as sources. it makes you look bad
Maidan Coup happened in 2013 because the former president Yanukovych wanted to postpone signing the EU association trade agreement
In defiance of the Ukrainian Parliament and the majority will of ukrainian people. and it wasn't a coup. a coup is "a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government." Yanukovych was removed after losing the confidence of both the people and his party through legal processes already afforded to the Ukrainian legislatured. Enough of his party defected to the opposition to the point where he no longer commanded a majority.
Which was an economic warfare against both Ukraine and Russia
Not economic warefare, a trade agreement which the Ukrainian parliament voted for. Russia had the option of cancelling it's own trade deal with Ukraine if it did not approve of Ukraines trade deal with Europe. The choice of who Ukraine creates trade deals with entirely rests with Ukraine.
The Maiden protests also were about a lot more that just a trade deal with europe. The protesters also took issue with the endemic corruption and the growing oligopoly like the one in Russia.
Second, the Donbass separatists rebelled because immediately after the coup, one of the first things the coup regime did was to initiate a ban on Russian language to lash out against ethnic Russians.
The Russian language was not, nor has it ever been, banned. The Ukrainian parliament attempted to repeal a law that granted minority languages such as Russian regional status but it was vetoed by the then president of Ukraine. It's wasn't until 2018 that the law was deemed to be unconstitutional but even then, the Russian language was not banned
Third, the Minsk agreements showed that Russia was absolutely willing to return Donbass (but not Crimea for obvious reasons) to Ukraine
The Minsk agreements were signed under duress AFTER Russia invaded their neighbor, seizing Crimea and kicking off a civil war in Donbas. The war in Donbas is entirely down to Russia.
but not Crimea for obvious reasons
I see no reason why it shouldnt have been, Crimea is part of Ukraine and has been since the dissolution of the USSR.
Both Merkel and Hollande, guarantors of Minsk II, have admitted publicly in 2022 that Minsk was simply to buy time for Ukraine to militarize
If i kept being invaded by a neighboring country i would want to militarize too
They pulled back because the VDV were wiped out in the battle of hostomel airport and because they couldn't fuel their tanks where Ukrainians kept blowing up their logistics.
"Good will gesture" was an attempt by the Kremlin to save face while they shuffled back to Belarus with their tail between their legs.
So Russia still occupies the Kharkiv, Kherson and Kyiv regions do they?
Well they've taken more land back in the last couple months than Russia took in the last year, so there's that.
Russia were kicked out of Kyiv
Russia were kicked out of Kharkiv
Russia were kicked out of Kherson
The reclamation of Russian held Ukrainian land in the east and the south appears to be accelerating.
Russia is resorting to fielding T-54s and T-55s (how embarrassing 😬 )
Putins support at home appears to be slipping
Ukraine has the full support of the west
Russia barely has the tentative support of China
"Well organized" doesnt mean legitimate. The referendum was organized without the consent of the legitimate government of Ukraine, was rightfully boycotted by Ukrainians, was scoped beyond the occupied areas and included non residents shipped in from russia.