History of the Ukrainian Euromaidan Revolution of 2014 DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Affairs continues with a video asking if the Ukrainian Euromaidan of 2014, also known as the Revolution of dignity was a coup or a revolution. Previously we talked about the Russian elites and various power brokers and groups, as we try to deduce who is going to rule Russia after Putin ( • Who is Going to Rule R... ), the European Union, discussing if it is a real superpower or an utopia ( • Can the EU be a Superp... ), short-term union that is fated to dissolve, about Russia, China and Iran and discussed their ties, interests and contradictions and try to deduce if Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Ali Khamenei can form a stable alliance - a new axis or support each other temporarily ( • Russia, China and Iran... ), made videos on the 15 Events that Defined the War in Ukraine ( • 15 Events that Defined... ) and on the possible vectors of the upcoming Ukrainian counter-attack ( • Where Will Ukraine Att... ) and on why we consider the war in Ukraine to be Unprovoked ( • Why Do We Call the War... ).
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00:00 Intro
02:12 Ukraine in the 90s and Yushchenko's Presidency
03:30 Yanukovych Comes to power, negotiations with the EU
05:45 Russian sanctions, Yanukovych's U-turn
09:27 Euromaidan, Clashes, Yanukovych escapes
18:21 Coup or People's Revolution?
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@nylonkid01]

More informative than anything mainstream media.

[@pedrl]

Could you disclose your sources for your videos, please?

[@bobchris9423]

It was a revolution that the ppl of donbass and crimea didn't sign up 4

[@EpsteinsRope]

The idea that the CIA boogeyman was able to force mobilize millions of Ukrainians into the streets of Kyiv to overthrow their government is simultaneously moronic and laughable. Russian propaganda never ceases to amaze me, and the fact that some people lap that assertion up as if it were true is both amusing yet worrisome. I don't think there is anything THAT unbelievable about a country whose near entire existence has been spent under the oppressive thumb of the Russian "empire" finally wanting their own true independence, free of a Russian puppet government & president. The United States fought a war for independence in 1775, now it's Ukraine's turn. Good for them. #SlavaUkraini

[@EpsteinsRope]

​@@bobchris9423Do you truly believe the Russian state department puts out accurate numbers and information, especially regarding whether the territory they stole would or would not want to be part of Ukraine instead of Russia? Get real dude

[@ErikHare]

I think it is vitally important to note that while the European Union was negotiating with Ukraine they were also dealing with the Greek Crisis. They could only offer so much to Ukraine because they were insisting on austerity in Greece.

[@oleksii000]

Wellll, at that time putin also had a lot of european politicians helping him. Just look at those leaders like Berlusconi, Sarkozy and Merkel. Making a deal with pootin for cheaper energy resources in exchange for influence was a no-brainer for them.

[@NP3GA]

Okay, now I feel bad

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

@@oleksii000 a lot of weirdos were and still are buddy buddy with putin. Le Pen, Trump, Bolsonaro, Netanyahu, Viktor Orban etc etc.

[@parsifal2299]

Clasic Greece moment

[@oleksii000]

@@boarfaceswinejaw4516yep, but at least it is visible now. I guess a lot of people were thinking that cheap energy resources is just an accomplishment of those corrupt clowns, where in reality ruzzia helped them to get elected.

[@kunzal1065]

Well technically the American Revolution was a French supported uprising. But even the French couldn't expect its breakthrough success. Napoleon once famously stated: We have created the most fierce competitor for the British on the Seas.

[@jtgd]

Lots who support Kremlin rhetoric don’t know world history

[@alexanderhoye]

The French didn’t officially support the American Revolution until after Saratoga and Napoleon wasn’t involved

[@drewcooper9516]

Yes and he’s implying at the end you wouldn’t call that a coup similar to how you wouldn’t call euromaiden a coup

[@brandonlyon730]

Spain and the Netherlands were also involved, it wasn’t just France involved.

[@kjj26k]

​@@alexanderhoye The quote from Napoleon would have been after the war...

[@bigal7912]

@16:20 Reportedly, the chief of staff was dismissed for refusing to use the army to supress the protests without a written order. The deputy chief of staff was then asked to do the same, which he refused and resigned of his own volution.

[@thefriendlyapostate8290]

If employed against its own people, armies become absurd.

[@TheGkret]

The main goal of the army is to deal with external threats. Those 2 military officiers were right. Civil war should not include military, as military must be here to defend if there is an invader.

[@dylanvogler2165]

And they were right. Police and other ministery of the interior forces have the task keep the order in the country, not the military.

[@Arksimon2k]

Watching Winter on Fire documentary really gave me a lot of respect for the people of Ukraine. They've been through a lot since 2014.

[@artem8193]

Hands down the best documentary.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

They’ve been through a lot ever since Russia existed to screw them over.

[@Perekipchenko]

Not since 2014, but from much earlier times. Check Holodomor 1921-1923, then 1932-1933, then 1946-1947 large-scale manmade famine killing millions of Ukrainians, or even pre-soviet time when Ukrainians were prohibited from speaking the Ukrainian language. Russia tried to eliminate Ukrainian language and culture for hundreds of years.

[@kingseb2252]

@@artem8193 yes definitely they did a good job russia won't be able to win this war and after watching that im now 100% sure they won't win

[@hejsapo1572]

You mean "Ukraine on fire" right Slava russija 🇷🇺🇷🇺💪🏻

[@HaoSeeN]

great job, it's a pity you didn't cover the "Dictatorial Laws of January 16" after which Yanukovych had 0 chances to hold power, he angered even his ardent supporters among the citizens. Because according to these laws, everyone had the opportunity to go to prison for the absurd, for example, a traffic jam. Or a ban on head protection on the street - Cyclist? Builder - You can literally go to jail because of hastily designed laws for these rallies

[@mamai_eth]

This and also kinda wish K&G would put Winter on Fire and some videos of the actual protest, for example the first violent accident, where Yanukovich Berkut encircled the protesters at night and took a revenge at them. Video also doesn't mention __where__ did Yanukovich and Berkut flee.

[@JJMB27]

​@@mamai_ethThey used to add actual footage until KZbin started taking down their videos for it.

[@saberint]

If I remember correctly the helmet rule was within a certain area, it didn’t extend all over the city. Of course I’m remembering something from a tv news report 8 years ago. If you hire a bike to ride around Yanukovych’s “palace” you have to wear a helmet… the irony 😂😂

[@EpsteinsRope]

Yep, that sounds Russian. Checks out

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

@@saberint that's why you don't ride a bike, you gonna own a custom built bullet proof motor van instead and a RPD-80 and stereo speakers just in case you ran out of bullet (Playing the machine gun noises instead)

[@STANDINGCarabao]

Euromaidan made me interested about ukraine. Up to this day I am still following the news about Ukraine. 🇵🇭🤝🇺🇦

[@PalleRasmussen]

For me it was the Orange Revolution ❤

[@lanceamadantebonife3987]

​@@Uchiha_Patir_godzilla had a stroke after reading your comment 🎉🎉

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@Uchiha_Patir_ what?

[@TheRezro]

@@PalleRasmussen So Yanukowych couped himself?

[@Wackalacka]

​@patirPersib just because the us supported Ukraines integration into Europe doesn't mean Russia can invade the east and steal crimea

[@lt.dashkov1079]

I rememeber back in 2014 when we were seeing headlines of ISIS and Ukraine I became so invested in world politics. Seeing the state of UA today makes me sad but glad to see that since 2014 back when I didn't have much hope that Ukraine would survive as a country. I'm glad I was wrong and the world see's their struggle and although slow at helping they are helping . Slava Ukraini

[@user-qf1tp7rm3w]

@@daquemasquieren Many people left Ukraine, many died. But we will never give up. There are still a lot of us here, and we will stand until the last drop of blood. We stood, we stand and we will stand.

[@ScotterationRetard]

@@user-qf1tp7rm3w I wanna say you guys have the single lowest birthrates in europe, on top of having had huge swaths of your male population die or just leave. Good luck with that long term.

[@ActionAlligator]

@@daquemasquieren Are you kidding? Ukraine's done an amazing job so far. If Russia fully mobilizes, then Ukraine will surely have more problems, but even then defeat is not even remotely close to certain... the horrible supply of worthy equipment & the failure of organization of Russia's military is struggling mightily right now, and more boots on the ground will likely exacerbate that problem even further. Ukraine's practically working a miracle considering the situation, shouldn't forget that. It's looking more and more like they will survive.

[@Iv4Bez]

@@ActionAlligator 'Are you kidding? Ukraine's done an amazing job so far. ' to lose 10 mln people in 40 mln country is like for the US to lose the 80 million in a matter of several years. I doubt Ukraine will ever fully recover. ' Ukraine's practically working a miracle considering the situation,' They initially faced 190k invasion force and now it's much bigger. I wouldn't tell it's really good. However the chances of them even surviving probably was small - but 'what did it cost?'

[@ActionAlligator]

@@Iv4Bez 10 million people? WTF are these Russian numbers? Russian bot #43423423, reporting in? You're so full of sh!t lmfao. Look at _Russia's_ losses from this pointless invasion... loss of economic and financial power, loss of military personnel, equipment, and military reputation; now tell me if Russia will ever recover. Everyone was assuming Ukraine was going to instantly crumble, except they didn't, now did they? And now Russia has shown the world what a joke their military force is, and a needlessly brutal one at that committing war crimes left and right and incessantly bombing civilians. Cope harder.

[@ievgenp7329]

All historic events we refer to as a 'coup', share these 3 things: 1) The overturn was done by clearly distinct group of people. You always could say whether this specific person was in or not. 2) It was done as an operation according to a specific plan. 3) It had clearly defined goal (in prevailing most of cases - getting the power and holding it as long as possible) On the other hand, historic events known as 'revolutions' are very different in all 3 aspects: 1) Done by broad masses of people, most of whom are hard to clearly attribute whether they are revolutionaries or not. There are activists, but their role is mostly to agitate and instigate the crowd. 2) Events are mostly chaotic, at least at the beginning. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow not to say in a week. There are some sort of leaders, but they are mostly trying to ride the wave rather than create one. On later stages the events may become more organized, but they start from chaos, often coming out of the blue. 3) The only common goal for all participants is to destroy the current order. Opinions about what must happen next among revolutionaries may be very different so that if the revolution wins, it may be followed by civil war between different factions of winners. Applying this pattern, the conclusion whether Maidan was a coup or revolution is a trivial task.

[@jeffcooper7258]

I've been waiting for Perun to cover this difficult topic for over a year now. I'm glad you guys have. You've struck a reasonable balance, and defended your position with facts. Still, the hate mail will be entertaining. Share some of it. We could use a laugh.

[@fabik805]

I think Perun is more of a military economics type of guy. He doesn't really bother in political stuff that much.

[@michaelevans1193]

This type of question (coup or not) exists in Honduras in 2009. That crisis and its aftermath is an equally interesting story.

[@jtruque]

Probably next is a video from these guys asking if Allende was really victim of a coup. Hahaha everyone is so happy with this video, we all heard Victoria Nuland coordinating the coup, the rest is western propaganda.

[@amrmohamed1387]

In Egypt too

[@ricomuru9486]

i am not familiar with the honduran case, but ukraine was definetely a revolution. not even a question there

[@jtruque]

@@ricomuru9486 ah yes so Victoria Nuland and the US just helped with the revolution and picked the new leader haha.

[@ohajohaha]

@@jtruque >Victoria Nuland. Komsomolskaya Pravda tier misinfo. Laughable.

[@jackbenny4458]

I still remember when the police beat and stripped one of the protesters naked in front of everyone to humiliate him. He was naked in the freezing snow with cameras recording him.

[@WangAiHua]

They threw protesters into freezing rivers with concrete blocks!

[@paulwallis7586]

A coup is also usually a planned effort. Euromaidan looks more like a messy series of reactions. Not a coup.

[@Regulativeconclusions]

Those can be incited easily by outside forces

[@synthilein]

​@@Regulativeconclusionsyet the proof for this is still to be presented. Which we never get because there is none.

[@whiskey4o4]

unknown personel in military gear using riot/crowd control tactics is evidence of some organization/interference from an unknown who isn't civilian. Which is alarming for everyday individuals. With no training, sophisticated networks, or access to a means to defend themselves.

[@rediii9239]

@@whiskey4o4 Stop comparing the west to the east. Police in eastern europe arent trained and are corrupt. the east isnt the same as the west, its like saying people in japan live a certain way and then using those parameters to judge south africa. lol.

[@rediii9239]

lways the sped nes with some name thats meant to sound wise lol

[@seanbinkley7363]

It's always been interesting to me that some people refer to the Maidan Revolution as only a "coup". It's one thing if the army overthrows a government out of the blue, it's quite another thing if the military steps in after weeks or months of mass protests by people demanding the current regime/government resign or if there is a parliamentary vote that ousts the current leader from power. There's an implied meaning in the word "coup" of "the army/security services/or one faction overthrew the government by violent force without any consent from ordinary citizens." and this simply just didn't happen in the case of the Euromaidan Ukraine uprising.

[@SEAZNDragon]

Calling it a coup would imply a small group is working against the wishes of the population. It's been a thing to say the West was influencing/funding/supplying the protests to make them look undemocratic and the result of Western interference, not due to concerns by the Ukrainian people.

[@ngrader]

A "coup" rarely results in general elections after, unless those elections result in a 90+% approval rating of the new guy. ;) Pretty simple to define the difference. LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp-Yl2Njrpxkqqc

[@Sajuuk]

Never heard it referred to as a coup in any of my interactions with the event. I guess I'm immune to Russian propaganda 😜

[@zodric7999]

@@Sajuuk Overthrowing of a government is a coup if you haven't heard it mentioned at all you need to broaden your news sources. All sides use propaganda just cause you support Ukraine doesn't mean you close your eyes to the truth.

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

@@ravanpee1325 Obviously why those same oligarchs supported his assassination when Ukraine was invaded last year... Also, politics in Ukraine suffers from some major Soviet hangovers. It was very common for political rivals to attack each other using platforms like television and media that they themselves owned. People who mock Zelensky for being a comedian forget that he was also the owner of a significant media company not unlike previous political candidates.

[@Gvozd111]

I don’t like when western media put the question of Russia vs Europe as the main question in Ukrainian politics. I totally get why though but as much as it was about European Union, the main goal of the revolution was to remove corrupt President and corrupt politicians. Who were not only stealing huge amounts of money for them and their families and friends, but also had the audacity to apply power and kill protesting civilians. Yeah this was against Russia and in favor of EU, however, I strongly believe that had Yanukovych be pro-EU and continued to do what he did, the revolution would still happened sooner or later

[@ramrod663]

Ya because the current regime is any less corrupt...😒

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

Exactly! It was about the fundamentals of their democracy being violated right before their eyes and the people fought back. This was the same case with the Orange Revolution of 2004.

[@hajime2k]

Yanukovic took a Russian loan offer with fewer strings than the EU offer. He tried to bring all sides to support him but somehow got them all against him. The EU was always going to harp on the levels of corruption and demand more stringent measures. EU would take baby steps towards inviting Ukraine. Ukraine failed to get EU membership, but then also pursued NATO membership. As if the Russian bear would ever be okay with that.

[@WangAiHua]

Yanukovych had been bought by RuZZia----He began allowing the FSB to re-enter Crimea, installed RuZZian Officers into the Ukrainian Government (key positions), appointed anti-Ukrainian military staff to high positions who slowly disarmed the armed forces allowing for easy takeover of Crimea.

[@DoubleU-nu5tq]

I recall watching Winter on Fire a long time ago, it's simply mind boggling that the flames of freedom so close to being extinguished are now pillars of State, unyielding to the Ruzzi Menace. I salute you Ukraine yet again, you've shown time and again your impossible feats.

[@warpigs9069]

​@@one.girl...1you're right. They had a lot of chances to rebel against Putin especially when progozhin tried to gather support and march on Moscow. This is no longer just Putin's war, this is Russia's war. Perhaps Ukraine is right to take the bombings to Moscow. The Russian have all stated they hate the war, but they do nothing to stop it. I know some of them do and are actively fighting against him, But not enough Russians are trying. They claim they don't support the war, they should prove it with actions not words.

[@warpigs9069]

​@@one.girl...1I've been guilty of saying all those things. But, you're right: the Russians had every opportunity to stop this war. They still can.

[@JacquesRenaitre]

You are the nazi @@one.girl...1

[@stufox8174]

Watch 'Ukraine on Fire' instead!

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

@@stufox8174 That is a pro-Kremlin piece of propaganda and it doesn't even try to hide it. Netflix's recent Cleopatra "documentary" is more accurate. As an aside, Ivan, do ask your comrades to return the stolen Scythian gold to Ukraine. Please and thank you.

[@iexist3919]

Videos like this are very important for understanding why there is conflict in Ukraine today. Also will there be a video on the annexation of Crimea and the Donbas war?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Ya, down the line

[@louismonnier4793]

Let's gooo, keep up the fantastic work guys@@KingsandGenerals

[@TheRezro]

@@KingsandGenerals I hope you would not forget about Girkin from Moscow and Wagner in Crimea. Or what did happen to Crimean Tatars.

[@yevhenpelivanov6736]

@@KingsandGenerals When you make a video about Crimea, please note that the seizure of the parliament of Simferopol began even when Yanukovych was officially in office. There is even a Russian medal for the annexation of Crimea with a date.

[@irongron]

@@KingsandGenerals "The war in Donbas" makes it sound like a civil war, which is was not, , you need to call it "Russia's war in Donbas". How do I know ? I am not Ukrainian but I was there living in Makiivka (my Ukrainian wife's flat, she lost that one). Bought one in Pokrovsk to replace it, we had to leve as its too dangerous to be there (i.e. effectively lost for now) - we've been IDP for over a year, imagine not being home in 0ver a year, that sucks . At the time in 2014 I saw these bandit army guys and heavy weapons come out of nowhere. They even put a big gun right next to our flat, that's maybe a war crime to hide big guns close to civilians and then use them, making them a target for return fire.

[@Denis_Komarrov]

Nice work. But i think it was worth also point out that also was protests before start of revolution -"Tax maidan". Many ppl in east was in support of Janukovich after Jushenko but his corruption was very bad so we had maidan at Kharkiv too.

[@viewerssejati8940]

Is there any news about it in YT?

[@williamkarbala5718]

You guys should take the scripts of all these episodes and publish it in a book

[@Koopinator]

0:47 "In this video, we will describe the events of the Revolution of Dignity and try to find out if it was really a revolution or, *as Russian propaganda claims,* a coup." The funny thing is that your phrasing already reveals your conclusion.

[@KingsandGenerals]

That is called a thesis statement. You describe what you are going to talk about in your video/essay/whatever.

[@WangAiHua]

It was obviously NOT a coup! K&G tried to explain both arguments (even RuZZia's ludicrous one) to the general public who may have had little to no knowledge of the events---If they had, and had a brain, it would have been obvious that it was NOT a coup---NO change in GOVERNMENT--means no coup!

[@user-vk5sg5rn9s]

@@KingsandGenerals I see his point; it's positioning - which is kind of propaganda - to make the assertion 'as Russian propaganda claims' knowing that it isn't just Russian 'propaganda'. There are also many respected, and highly qualified academics and experts on Russia, NATO and US foreign policy who also make the claim.

[@PerfectDeath4]

I was working with a Luhansk woman (1/2 Russian/Ukrainian) back in 2014, I remember her being very cynical about politics in her home country. Basically, that nothing was going to change except going from a pro-Russian oligarch to a pro-EU oligarch.

[@fungunsun1]

The changes are slow for sure but the direction matters a lot. Thats why Ukraine went nowhere in last 30 years under russian influence.

[@PerfectDeath4]

@@fungunsun1 Yeah, at the time I felt it wasn't appropriate to talk about anti-corruption measures that aligning with the EU would bring. I know there is EU corruption; however, it is way less than Russian corruption. The topic got even harder to talk about when her mom, who was still living in Luhansk, was sending her daughter pictures, calls, etc while the city was being encircled.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Ukrainian people started to do much better without ruZZia. So RuZZia invaded

[@eveb9459]

It was like that in Ukrainian politics for most of it's post-soviet history, but luckily after the revolution progress started to be made.

[@biglez32420]

​@@PerfectDeath4encircled by who?..

[@elonmuch491]

The subject is ofc handelt excellently, but OMG THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. Not only is the artwork amazing, but even the maps feel so much sleeker. I love it! Keep up the amazing work guys!

[@Kristof1]

Coup is a change of policy forced from the top, a revolution is a change that started from the bottom, from the people. This is the difference, and the explanation why Maidan, was in fact, a revolution

[@froni87]

Then why we know for a fact that usa politicians, like their ambassador in Ukraine, were talking about who to put in power next? These is the stolen audio of the calls, they aren't from the bottom.

[@alexxxciloci7067]

Well with your logic it is a coup, it is from the top not the bottom because the US government controlled it. COUP.

[@YevhenSavchuk]

Probably the best video covering Euromaidan I've seen! Thank you! 💛💙

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for all the information in this video

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

We always appreciate your hard work and dedication towards these videos. Your huge fan from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Tom-pt5wm]

Very high-quality analysis of events, thanks for the work👍🏻

[@riowanaha1946]

Great work, thank you K&G

[@Artem-hj1qr]

I have lived in Kyiv all my life. The revolution happened when I was 8. I will never forget how my grandfather and I went to the Maidan and stuck a sticker "I'm not here for the money", I remember the crowd, the barricades, the smoke. Then my parents forbade me to be there when people started dying, but they went themselves, delivered food to the tent city. these events left a deep mark on me and, I think, on all Ukrainians. Ukraine will always be free, democratic and will never again fall into Moscow's clutches. Glory to Ukraine

[@rozor2287]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@ijusthatenormiesihavenooth1164]

You will regret americunt gay sex dumbocracy and you won't be allowed to.

[@maghambor]

Stay strong, my friend.

[@user-dh2jq3be8d]

😂😂😂

[@pat-2024]

⁠@@tubeyou8728Never heard of Vitali Budko the pro-russian provocateur who shot an ucrainian activist dead before the accident happened?? So, first, no junta ever existed, you are worthless, and you are telling BS, russian narratives 1:1

[@ceanu9636]

Love the artwork

[@mikemodugno5879]

Also, you reminded me that I would love to see you do a series (or two) about the French and Indian War and the American Revolution in North America.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@MagicNash89]

The support for pro-Russian talking points in the "East" of the Ukraine is very uneven, it was and is strongest in the Crimea, then Donbass/Lugansk, but less than Crimea and weakens even more gradually as you go West geographically, roughly speaking. This seems to have held fairly well since the 90s in all events from elections of all levels, to protests (intensity and success of local government takeover for example) and now - the war.

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

There were nation wide polls in 2013 before ruZZia invaded. Every oblast voted "not" to be alligned with Moscovites anymore. 63 percent in crimea was the lowest but still the majority wanted freedom from ruZZian exploitation. Every other oblast was high 70's or more against ruZZian alignment. This and the discovery of huge gas fields off Crimea was why Putler invaded. Ukrainians are now united in their hatred of ruZZia more than ever. They will never be a part of the moscovite horde exploitation machine again.

[@eberkovich]

Which is why the people of Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya said "NO" to the Russians during that fateful Spring of 2014.

[@martinmoren8222]

Great video, as usual. The Euromaidan was a subject I didn't know enough about. But I must say, the map of Europe used in the video is a bit inaccurate. It seems as though Russia has annexed western Lithuania and eastern Finland, and the borders in the Balkans seem lazily drawn (especially the serbo-hungarian border and the one Greece and Bulgaria shares with Turkiye). I don't expect the borders to be perfect, but I think it would increase the credibility and quality of the video if they were more accurate.

[@oleksandrshymanskyi1129]

I strongly suggest watching "Winter on Fire", a great documentary on the subject

[@AurediumRiptide]

Let me just bookmark this video for the next time those idiots bring that coup thing up.

[@AurediumRiptide]

I know right?!? Believing all that Russian propaganda of a coup. But its good to see others that know its not a coup. Thanks for standing by me.@@STFUGOOGLE420

[@dylandarnell3657]

On the "sniper conspiracy" - don't most sniper rifles generally use the same standardized caliber as other weapons? Would it even be possible to distinguish between a 7.62mm bullet from a SVD and a 7.62mm bullet from an AK-74, especially after they'd been fired into someone? And even if it is, wouldn't those calibers be some of the most accessible firearms to both sides in this context? I find it completely plausible that there were snipers helping the protests. I'd be surprised if there weren't. The protesters managed to procure other kinds of guns as the revolution dragged on - I see no reason why some gang of enterprising young Ukrainians wouldn't have taken it upon themselves to find an insufficiently mobile, cautious, or reinforced police sniper, jump him, take his gun, and turn it on the cops. It seems like the obvious thing to do when your protest movement is confronted by police snipers. But that's hardly evidence of a conspiracy at any level, let alone one engineered by the USA. (Unless you count the USA's tendency to make globally popular media about gun-toting, freedom-loving individualistic action heroes as a "conspiracy.")

[@gillesaboubechara2978]

Technically, at timing 2:20, in 1991 the EU wasn't expanded to the Eastern European countries

[@eveb9459]

True, but I believe he was demonstrating the situation at the time of the revolution.

[@andysalter7779]

The EU doesn't expand anywhere. Countries decided to join and it takes a long time.

[@alexeyamosov664]

@@andysalter7779expansion is the action of becoming larger or more extensive. Why can’t term “expansion” be used there?

[@gyderian9435]

@@alexeyamosov664 It arguably could but Countries joining is even more accurate term. And when talking geopolitics, many can wrongly assume that expansion mean annexation.

[@joythought]

Well done. That's a useful summary of the revolution od dignity.

[@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359]

Seeing as how you are doing a fair lot of Modern Affairs videos will you do videos about (for example) the Tigray War, the Chechen Wars or the Syrian Civil War + The War on Al-Qaeda?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Down the line. There are things we know better

[@samanyupalthi]

​@@KingsandGeneralsThis Ukraine stuff will fade like the Pacific series, if it continues too long, better to add another series! The pelopponesian war series is aldredy made so you are simply editing and releasing them!

[@glennmandigo6069]

@@samanyupalthi Well Ukraine still going on so...

[@dennisgichohi5392]

​@@samanyupalthithe difference is the Ukraine war is still happening and the Pacific war ended 80yrs ago

[@CyrilleParis]

This video is at the image of your chanel : clever, well research and so interresting. Thanks.

[@funki4896]

It's funny how nobody talks about how "ProFFessor" Yanukovych was a bandit and even was in prison...

[@yevhenpelivanov6736]

Two times in prison. Very illiterate, so he got the nickname "professor". Could not speak Ukrainian properly. Therefore, he was a laughing stock and a meme creator.

[@funki4896]

@@yevhenpelivanov6736 the nickname "proFFessor" comes from Yanukovych's own misspelling on his curriculum. Also he was no academic at all.

[@hajime2k]

​@@yevhenpelivanov6736Kuchma and Zelensky didn't speak Ukrainian until after they became president.

[@yevhenpelivanov6736]

@@hajime2k And yet they were able to learn it. Unlike Yanukovych.

[@louishermann7676]

That statement about the American Revolution not qualifying as a French-backed coup was spot-on! I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@f-86zoomer37]

I've actually used that exact analogy on trumptards, and it always amazes me to see their heads explode, left speechless.

[@samuelmargueret9626]

A video only about maidan, it's crazy !! Just à spectacular documentary !! Keep Going on you got my full support

[@thanksmark]

I was in Kyiv when Maidan was happening and it was a beautiful show of love, strength and solidarity for freedom that we as Ukrainians hold. Originally from Mariupol, I was in Kyiv to get my VISA to come to America. Whatever the interference there was by the West, I know one thing for sure. EVERYONE wanted to join Europe and leave toxic russia behind. And if the West was helping us, we were pretty happy about that.

[@dylanvogler2165]

Hii I am hope you're doing fine now. I am so sorry about what happend to your city and hope it will be liberated soon. Mariupol is Ukraine. I hope you and your family are save Слава Україні!

[@thanksmark]

@@dylanvogler2165 unfortunately it's probably going to take a while for Mariupol to rise. But when it happens, it will be beautiful! Cheers 💙💛

[@samwill7259]

Honestly the whole narriative falls apart just looking at Zelensky. Coups do not place center left liberals in power, he's about as non radical as politicians get.

[@nicolasiden4074]

​@@samwill7259also note that before being elected as president Zelensky wasn't very fluent in ukranian and was mostly speaking russian and yet 73% of people voted for him. Thats all you need to know about russian myth that russian speaking people were oppressed and needed to be defended by putin. Also I have a friend in Donetsk region (part controlled by Ukraine) he still speaks russian and nobody is bothering him for that. Half of Ukraine Armed Forces speaks russian and that's ok. So russia just made up all those myths to have at least some justification for their war of conquest.

[@saberint]

So was I! I used to walk through the protest lines most days to get to and from work… I got to speak to lots of the police and protesters during that time.

[@defective6811]

People dont believe that it was a coup because of any reasons. They believe it was a coup because they _want_ to believe it was, and them they went and constructed reasons to substantiate their belief.

[@Connor-vj7vf]

A lot of respect for the continued coverage of Ukraine and its history. Most channels fell off except for some clickbait stuff. You guys should be proud of the body of work

[@officernealy]

*KingsandGenerals:* [Spends 29 mins & 3 secs elaborating how Euromaidan was a legitimate response to a Kremlin stooge acting against Ukraine and their interests] *Russian Bots, Vatniks, & Tankies in the comments:* "Nuh-uh! >:("

[@poopscoop9016]

I mean what else are they supposed to do? Change their minds? Grow as people?

[@OhNotThat]

@@poopscoop9016 They're not paid to change their minds 🤣🤣

[@thomasdelancey5105]

Well done!

[@fedda9999]

This video is incredible :O

[@volodymyrkulchytskyy6706]

I am from Ukraine. Everything in the video is true!!!!

[@Astuar]

I have couple remarks (as a participant): Such a strange map of Ukraine is used. The river that is in Belarus shown fully inside Ukraine and Kyiv is in the shown in the center of the country instead of the north. Kharkiv is also in the wrong place. As many other cities. Additionally blurred pictures of violent clashes from February are shown when talking about events in the beginning of December, which may strongly mislead watchers to think the protests started violent immediately. The actual outrage that started the mass countrywide protests was the use of riot police to violently disperse the few hundred people who stayed at Maidan threw the Friday night from 29th to 30th November. And even then it was mass gatherings that government tried to disperse softly at first and increasingly more violent with time. Other than that it is a pretty dissent video for an average watcher who has little interest in details (which I still think are important).

[@shutyomouthchild]

Agreed on all accounts. "Winter on Fire" did the events much more justice, though admittedly, K&G gets props for breaking down some of the behind the scenes politics during the whole ordeal. The funny thing to me was this video's inference that the revolution was closer to a coup than in reality because of the roles "Opposition Leaders" played during the events. What *isn't* mentioned however, is that the revolution was SO grassroots led that any time an "Opposition Leader" tried to take charge, or even use the events for their own political aspirations, say by getting on stage with a megaphone, they would immediately be booed off said stage or even pelted with flour to shut them up. Euromaidan was probably one of *the most* textbook examples of a revolution. It was a popular uprising created by the people, for the people, of the people. Slava Ukraini!

[@psihopedia]

Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@mikemodugno5879]

I've heard about Euromaidan, but I never understood what was going on. Thanks for covering.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Search for a video called "Maidan Revolution Bird's Eye View" it will give you goosebumps. If you want to supplement this video, one of the last lectures in Snyder's lecture series on Ukrainian history deals with this. Starsky also talks about how they organised the protection groups for the protesters, as a military historian who knows a bit about Revolutionary warfare, I will say they were smart and effective.

[@Almugavar]

It should be noted that the entire sniper situation had previously occurred during the russian constitutional crisis two decades earlier.

[@philipmeyer7402]

Wow an ambitious topic; glad KZbin is allowing it

[@username-ru6ul]

Amazing artwork

[@dimamishchenko588]

Acurate. thanks for the report. Russian perception won't change though. i had so many calm and rational discussions with them on that topic. They simply don't see the alternative to their interpretation and put all blame on the so-called "WEST". this remains an unexplained wonder for me

[@mryea6954]

Chinese are like this too, very easy to be brain washed.

[@jtgd]

I love The reaction after you ask for proof, and they’re unable to prove their own claim. Or you’d have them proving past instances, but nothing directly with this. Like do these people not realize Putin is the one with power due to someone else’s coup (Gorbachev)

[@dimamishchenko588]

@jtgd typical Russian bot. When Russian use some translation applications to auto translate into Ukrainian, the result is exactly the same as a comment about. Report the guy above, please, if you read it 🙏 cheers

[@kaanrivis]

USA did there a coup. Good morning.

[@LaVaZ000]

​@@jtgdCalling the Gorbachev situation a "coup" is like calling American press "free".

[@dennisgichohi5392]

I love your videos on the modern times ......you give us a new and more nuance perspective than mainstream media ever could

[@pat-2024]

I have only one important point to add. K. Malofejew is never mentioned here. As far as i know, he advised first Putin about Yanukovich and his bad possibility to stay in power. He prepared a plan (strategy papers), where he was advising what to do when Yanukovich dismissed…and why it would be so important to hold at least parts of Ucraine, or at least Crimea. And only then later it would be possible to re-form their Novorossiya. Therefore he met Yanukovich, after he fled on Crimea, where also Girkin and other ultranationalists were waiting to talk about and to decide. That’s why the Annexation happened so fast, the green men were coming that quickly and weapons could be transported fast to Crimea.

[@stewartroberts617]

Thanks!

[@rosslogie217]

I'd like to hear Roger Petersen give his definition of a revolution.

[@vulpoiul7538]

You're doing a million dollar job. Keep it up. This is the way

[@wiktorberski9272]

Infact events of modern time, and presented inrelly interesting way.

[@midshipsport]

Hi, Can you do a multi-part series of the INDO-PAK Wars, please? and INDO CHINA WAR? Thanks

[@marksullivan2230]

I’m Australian, but I was working in St Petersburg, Minsk and Kyiv from 2013-15. I was living in an apartment just off Khreshchatyk St in Kyiv. I certainly wasn’t taking sides. I thought people in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were/are fantastic. Really nice people and also smart and well educated. I didn’t think much about Putin - I still think he’s just another money grubbing little post Soviet leader. I thought the same about then Ukrainian President Yanukovych (a Putin stooge) - until the little coward had his goons open fire on peaceful protesters. Those protesters were camped out just down the street from me in Maidan Square. They were protesting about Yanukovych opening the floodgates to corrupt Russian Oligarchs. I walked through them to get to my coffee shop for breakfast. There was a bit of a hippy vibe to the whole thing - lots of music, face painting, children’s games etc. They were the same as lots of protests you see in democracies all around the world. Rowdy and loud, but not doing any real harm. Cowardly Yanukovych knew he had no chance in the next election, so he brought in goons with guns. He killed indiscriminately- children died in front of their parents; and parents died in front of their children. There was blood everywhere. Over 100 people were slaughtered. His own political party dumped him and demanded he answer for his crimes. He was in tears in the Rada (Parliament) and he tried to blame Russia “Putin made me do it”. Then the little bastard ran away and left everyone with the mess he’d made. So he ran away - first to Donetsk and then Kharkiv - but they kicked him out. Then he ran to Moscow with his extreme right wing American supporters like Paul Manafort. Putin taking the little shit in was a huge mistake. They should have made the coward go back to Kyiv to face the music. I traveled to Donetsk for work quite a few times - my last time there was around March 2014. The “protesters” were coming into Donetsk by the bus load. I got my staff out of there because it was obvious even then that the protesters weren’t trouble making gopniks any more. They were Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) with heavy weapons - artillery, tanks, missiles, Jets, BMPs - the works. Everyone, on all sides, knew that there were no protesters any more - these were regular Russian Army “little green men” who never had anything to do with with the Donbas before. And anyone who voiced the slightest criticism of Russia took their life in their hands. It got really bad in July 2014 when the Russians shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 - a passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. I really became very angry about that plane - it had completely innocent Australians on board who had probably never heard of Putin or his bloody war. I was particularly annoyed at Russia’s refusal to take responsibility. I didn’t think that Russia had deliberately shot down the plane, terrible things happen. Mistakes happen. But obviously a bunch of Gopnik protesters in Donetsk don’t have weapons to bring down a passenger jet at cruising altitude. Only Russian military can do that. And only cowards refuse to take responsibility for their mistakes. What sort of country does that? Then the Russian Army and Ukrainian Army (both Soviet trained) went into all out war. They both thought it was OK to have full on missile wars in the middle of urban civilians. The Ukrainians have since learnt that everyone else in the world expects armies to keep civilians out of the fighting. But like all colonial masters, Russia still seems quite happy to hit civilians. I thought the attack on the Mariupol Theatre (that was sheltering 500 children), and the bombing of the maternity hospital (while women were giving birth), was an absolutely disgraceful thing for Russia to do. I think it’s only since the start of the 2022 offensive that Russia has finally admitted that the “little green men” were never protesters or “separatists”. They were always Russian Spetsnaz with a few paid locals they recruited. Even genuine Donetsk people were really angry at how Russia had taken advantage of an internal political issue to start a war. Russia just wanted its colony back. But they should have stayed out of it and let Ukrainians sort it out themselves. Same as the world did with Russia when it had problems in Chechnya. If Russia really thought that terrible things were being done to Russian speakers, they should have been open about that and submitted their evidence to the UN and the world. Not send in their Spetsnaz special forces disguised as sneaky “little green men”. There are a lot of Oligarchs in Russia who lost a lot of money when that coward Yanukovych and his American & Russian mates ran away. Russia has brazenly lied and everyone who is honest can see that. I don’t think Russia has ever intended to bring peace to Ukraine, or ever will. But I do know that Zelensky’s clamp down on corruption and the Oligarch’s power is costing Putin’s friends a lot of money. That is what this war is really about. Money from the colonies for the empire. FUN FACT: When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Putin and the Russian FSB had a carefully worked out plan. Former President Yanukovych was supposed to fly into Hostomel airport and declare himself President again. The Russian FSB thought Zelensky would flee the capital. But just in case, they also had two Spetsnaz assassination squads already hiding in Kyiv ready to kill Zelensky, his family and members of government. The FSB had carefully selected and bribed Russian supporters to quickly take over key ministries and Oblasts. Their signal for action was Yanukovych making his announcement. It didn’t go exactly as planned because someone had sold Putin’s plans to the Americans. Zelensky decided to stay and fight. Russian paratroopers had trouble capturing Hostomel airport because the Ukrainian army had been alerted at the last minute by Putin’s leaked plan and rushed a small force to defend Hostomel Airport. Despite massive loss of life, elite Russian paratroopers finally secured the airport and it looked like Putin’s plan was going to work after all. The runway was damaged, but Yanukovych could still fly from Minsk by helicopter. When they tried to get Putin’s lap dog to Hostomel as planned, cowardly Yanukovych got cold feet at the last minute and refused to leave. Without him to “claim power”, the whole thing fell apart and all the Russian FSB supporters were betrayed. They eventually joined Russian soldiers outside the city, surrendered or were captured. If Yanukovych hadn’t been such a coward, Kyiv might have fallen and the Oligarchs would be rolling in Ukrainian cash now. (I’ve always suspected it was Former President Yanukovych himself who sold the plans to America. That little coward would sell his own mother for a few rubles!)

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

It’s worth mentioning too, that historically the people in Donetsk, and all of Donbas, were equally skeptical of Moscow and Kyiv, but I would say this war and everything that you talked about since 2014 has very firmly pushed them towards Kyiv politically. I’ve also found that people have a very poor understanding of what the people in eastern Ukrainian oblasts are like. They aren’t russians, they’re Ukrainians with a lot of russian influence (like ffs, they watch russian TV there 😓), but that doesn’t make them a part of a russia, they see themselves as Ukrainians and as a part of Ukraine.

[@Jonathan-se7jy]

Very interesting comment!

[@dylanvogler2165]

​@@Nikelaos_Khristianosyes

[@mortysmith8049]

Thankyou for your insight, that was a very interesting read, especially about how all this mess started. I'm sick to death of both sides propaganda either exaggerating the truth or flat out lying. I also find it baffling that the Russian claim the rise of western influence in Kiev was a coup, neglecting the fact that it was Kievs decision to not pursue a trade deal with the EU, which in turn aggrivated the local population. Was this why those protesters were out in the first place? The 'hippy' types you encountered

[@WangAiHua]

@@Nikelaos_Khristianos Don't forget in 1991 there was a referendum about leaving the Soviet Union or not. Most voted for independence from RuZZia! This includes Luhansk and Donetsk! BTW if anyone really wanted to, they could easily have moved to RuZzia if they had wanted!

[@artemduk9808]

thanks a lot for creation of this video. Very good coverage of the events. I would like to note that my home town Dnipro(showed as a part of russian speaking industrial east) was always kind of split 50/50 between pro western and pro russian views. After 2014 invasion it was like 70 % pro western 30% pro russian. So it's not just a question of geography or language, it's a division based on values, on the future look of Ukraine.

[@gigachaddusmaximus7612]

Hey mate, I have a question, how much “pro Russian” are this separatist movements (LPR and DPR)? And does the people of those areas supports them?

[@artemduk9808]

@gigachaddusmaximus7612 this is a tricky question. Yes, initially in 2014 there were quite high support of the "friendship with Russia". However only a minority wanted to start a war against their pro western neighbors. That's why most of the job was done by russian citizens like Girkin. When the war started (in 2014) around 30% of the occupied parts of the Donbass population fled to other Ukrainian cities, other 30% fled to Russia and abroad. Among those who stayed most pro ukrainian people were either murdered or jailed, others were brainwashed by russian propaganda. So at some point most of the people who stayed there were pro russian, but over the time this was also not stable because everyone saw that while in Ukraine there was some progress, in those DPR LPR nothing good was happening. And before 2022 already a lot of people moved or wanted to rejoin to Ukraine (hard to tell about the exact numbers, nobody can do proper polls there). And now Donbass people mostly hate Russia (I think you can imagine why).

[@gigachaddusmaximus7612]

@@artemduk9808 thank you for the information and stay safe mate, Slava Ukraini.

[@zeeninetynine]

I spent over 3 months in Dnipro in 2014 and this mirrors my observations. After Crimea was annexed and war in Donbass started, more and more people turned against Russia. Everyone was still speaking Russian tho..

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

@@zeeninetynine That’s because russian was a first language for a noticeable population of Ukraine, and was very much a second language for most Ukrainians. And as far as I understand, it wasn’t uncommon to hear Ukrainian and russian being spoken concurrently. Ironically, russia’s own invasions have created a lot of the anti-russian language sentiment themselves, and as a result, it’s pushed many Ukrainians away from using russian (I have a friend who gets quite legitimately angry when she hears Ukrainians using russian.) But if someone spoke only russian before, it would be an effort to learn Ukrainian and they would probably only do it if they moved to some place like Kyiv or Lviv where it would likely impact their everyday life.

[@wellthatagedwell2716]

Will be covering this on my podcast soon, and I needed a recap. Thank you guys for covering this

[@PewDiePie777]

This actually makes me see Janukovich better, than how I did before.

[@talhasial5502]

Great video as always!

[@lordcirrhosisofliver]

Yanu: *cracks down on protests* Protests: *intensify* Yanu: *runs to grovel at his master vladmirs feet like a good dog* parliament: "the president abandoned his post and ran to hide in a foreign country, the constitution says we should form a new government" Yanu and his master vladmir: "doing what the constitution says you should do when the president runs away is unconstitutional and a coup😭😭"

[@wulf4785]

This is how I get some of my news and it recontextualizes a lot of the stuff cover by other media

[@mtesfai]

was the uncensored video only available via patreon? Why is the video @ 21:33 censored? It is just people rioting...

[@KingsandGenerals]

Demonetization

[@user-ep3mx3ss6m]

Thank, you K&G. Awesome video, very informative as always and very valuable in our era of spreading shіt by russia and it's consuming "truth seekers" among not very smart people. I was a student in Kyiv then, remember that times exactly as it was yesterday. 2014 was a tough year and the brightest memory i have from the yanukovich’s era is me waiting for the bus and the ambulance car standing and waiting while the cortege of some official d.ickhead to pass the street. That regime was bloodsucking and no surprise it ended up in a such way.

[@blacklion8208]

Now you can see why Ukraine wanted change from the Russian system of corruption and intensity of said corruption in all its formes, which still has to be delt with. Fir Ukraine to have a bright future and have a legal and prosperous future is to win this "bloody" war. That Russia has unleashed on the people of Ukraine. This is were it stops after centuries of russian interference in Ukraine.

[@maksim05makarov]

Ну зато современный режим, массово гонящий людей на убой, ни капли не кровососущий

[@santiagocarreno5881]

Excellent video; I have always thought Ukraine plan of joining NATO was more an excuse, or at best a secondary issue, for Putin's real concern regarding Ukraine; in my opinion, and this video helps my point, Putin's main concern is Ukraine joining EU which would definitely economically and politically (and even culturally) effectively remove Ukraine from Russia's sphere of influence. Even more, I think, he's very aware Ukraine could become EU's agricultural powerhouse, which would eventually make them rich, and therefore completely and entirely out of Russia's influence. In general rich countries stop being puppets of others and have the financial advantage to pay fo anything they need to make sure the autonomy is respected. i.e South Korea, Singapore, UAE come to mind. Other cases which come to mind but which are not entirely there yet are: Baltic countries, Uruguay (low-key becoming the richest Latin country per Capita, Vietnam)

[@cameronwixcey9692]

I think the bigger issue is how similar russia and ukraine are. If Ukraine became a wealthy, democratic western country, it would show it is possible in Russia as well.

[@santiagocarreno5881]

@@cameronwixcey9692 Yes I agree with that too

[@jyy9624]

All those factors influence the constructive/destructive nature of relations, but the genesis of the unraveling of Russian/Ukrainian cooperation was the bypassing of Ukrainian pipelines by Russia and Germany. Also Singapore and UAE are new countries

[@johnstrawb3521]

@santiagocarreno5881 Your ignorance on this is astounding for how contrary it is to the historical record. Putin was explicit: He didn't have a problem with Ukraine joining the EU, since the EU was not a military alliance.

[@davescott7680]

​​@@johnstrawb3521Ah yes, because Putin always tells the truth?

[@ryanamsa]

16:35 separate police units started joining the protests 17:33 the riot police guarding yanukovych … left 20:04 the police and the SBU … stayed loyal until the end Why the inconsistencies?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Different police units.

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

Let me tell you something, this aren't a FPS games where the enemy is well-defined with red dots on their clothing and stuff like that

[@WangAiHua]

@@KingsandGenerals I seem to recall seeing that the snipers that were firing at the people wore Berkut uniforms but had small RuZZian tricolour patches on their arms.

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

@@WangAiHua that's weird consider that troops they sent to Donbas later on don't have any insignia

[@WangAiHua]

@@G.A.C_Preserve Putler was pissed off at Yanukovych for being "too easy on the protesters"---and sent him a spetsnaz force. Ukrainian Berkuts were not all that anxious at killing Ukrainians, so more anti-Ukrainian Berkuts(Anti-Ukrainian Ukrainians) were brought in from Crimea and then snipers from RuZZia. You know the RuZZians always want to be superior--and so somehow show their superiority. I saw tiny tricolours on their upper arms--not big insignia!----more like a tiny piece of orange, black ribbons you see---- even smaller like some designer logo. This was entirely different from the little green men who wore NO insignia. They were already easy to distinguish because the Ukrainians had different uniforms and wore Ukrainian insignia!

[@bishop6218]

I think a simpler way to distinguish a coup from a revolution is if the impulse is a top-down or bottom-up movement, does that make sense ?

[@alexeyamosov664]

What if the impulse is sent “bottom-up”, and then a coup staged by hardliners who want to suppress the protest movement harshly?

[@bishop6218]

@@alexeyamosov664 it has happened multiple times in the past indeed. And i think you summed it up nicely : first a revolution, followed by a coup. Two distinct events, and as an incorrigible romantic i'd call that a failed revolution. But i'm pretty sure we could also find some instances of planned coup spinning out of control and turning into a full fledged revolution too if we look closely. 😉

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

You're all ignorance

[@WangAiHua]

It was NOT a coup---NO change in GOVERNMENT--means no coup!

[@felipeemanuel5790]

You're right about that, but the thing is that bottom can be manipulated by powerful people interested in a coup, so it would not be a genuine popular movement.

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

Another example of a coup Recently Niger democratically elected leader knocked by the military just another idea of a coup.

[@mcd3424]

This was good but why was so much of the video blurred out?

[@NP3GA]

Because KZbin would demonetize them to oblivion if they had left things to be seen clearly

[@blackburnheart]

Since 2016, Russia hasn't show any restrain using violence against civilians.

[@pekkaporkka2035]

Then why Kiev and Lviv still exist and they're not bomber into rubble yet? There must be some restraints.

[@grantgabrielcortez4547]

Can you make next a documentary about the second punic war. I'm a fan from Philippines

[@KapitainZino]

Great job again! Very well researched and insightful video. I hope it will help some russian supporters to open their eyes

[@Wilinater]

always been a fan of history, being born in 2000, I never knew about this stuff. it's good to know now but since the invasion i've been more and more aware of current events to include what's happening in Niger as well, china in africa, china v india, etc.

[@hejsapo1572]

What invasion lol

[@blubblab6914]

I would argue that every revolution conducted by force is a coup. Like the french revolution was a republican coup or burgoise coup, at first.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Political scientists and historians disagree.

[@blubblab6914]

@@KingsandGenerals Just a thought based on interest in the topic. Keep up the good work.

[@blubblab6914]

@@KingsandGenerals Just a thought out of interest in the topic. Keep up the good work.

[@pat-2024]

I really hate this pro-russian 🆔 iots, making their own definitions… Revolution is a revolution and a coup a coup, so easy… And Maidan was 1000% a revolution

[@roberthoyt7921]

What if a new revolution in Belarus successfully followed Ukraine's example from a decade ago?

[@ussenterprisefromazurlane1696]

I think this is where that it leads us to the Russian take over of Crimea, and a small war in the Eastern part of Ukraine and lastly the Russian invasion of Ukraine

[@Shuulleecho]

As the person who was in Kyiv through the whole thing, let me try to add and clarify a few things: 1. Yanukovich is shown as a more balanced politician, but he was not really, seeking only personal benefit in everything he did. The level of corruption, while he held the power, was just ridiculous. 2. You mention political opposition parties as the thinking tank or as the leaders of protesters, it’s not true at all. When the first group of berkut was sent to beat the protesters, it was the middle of the night, and the people left on Maidan were mostly students, half protesting half partying, playing guitars etc. After that the uproar in society started in social networks with the words “They beat our kids” (not some political slogan, basically a Vox Populi) which led to more and more people going to Maidan, only then the opposition parties started to join and try to organize an “HQ”, they were not a driving force behind the protests. Most things on Maidan were self-organized by people groups (in the same manner as some defense units were self-organized during russian invasion in 2014 and later in 2024). Many opposition leaders were booed from the Maidan stage or not supported by protesters as well. 3. During the whole revolution not a single shop or boutique was robbed by marauders, and people on Maidan organized groups of people to patrol so that this will not happen. Things I see in the news from protests in France and other EU countries make me question the intentions of protesters there.

[@hunterphung3638]

too much stupid Putin propaganda. Pretend to be fair and honest to spread lies and propaganda to normalize Putin steal and murder.

[@CosmicValkyrie]

What about the man jumping from the burning building surrounded by neo nazis?

[@ohajohaha]

@@CosmicValkyrie what building?

[@CosmicValkyrie]

@@ohajohaha i guess you didn't watch that video of the maidan coup.

[@ohajohaha]

@@CosmicValkyrie ...what coup? I know of UEFA 2012 cup, but a coup? Nope.

[@tavenstrickert9658]

This is what I wrote my final paper on when I was in a class on geopolitics in college. It was all about the Euromaidan and how both the West and Russia were actively interfering in the sovereign business of the people of Ukraine. America certainly did make it a little bit easier for Russia to make the claims of fascism and Ukraine now even though they are completely unfounded as the nationalist parties with the farthest right leanings are such a minority in the government at the moment but I remember a picture of John McCain's standing next to the leader of svaboda and the deputy Secretary of State under Hillary Clinton essentially talking about who the post yanukovych cabinet would comprise of. Eventually Ukraine took control of their own destiny but there was certainly a time when both the west and Russia were trying to manipulate its future. And I will admit this at the time there were a lot of individual activities going around that's did promote the idea that there was a far-right element throughout the revolution and at the time that was undeniable that there was a very minority group that maintained ideologies of that nature during those times such as the man who entered Parliament with an AK-47 demanding that all Russians Jews and Communists leave, or the nationalist Street action that took up arms against the police and roamed the city looking for scapegoats to beat. All that being said those individuals were still a minority and while it is important to remember that they did and still do exist, that people like them exist in every country in the world and that nationalistic far-right and fascistic behavior is present in every country especially in the western world. Russia certainly has a problem with it and so it would be like throwing stones in a glass house especially considering that Putin himself has a book written by Konstantin Rodzaevsky prominently positioned in his office and if you don't know who that is I recommend looking him up because he is a very prominent Russian fascist that collaborated with the Nazis and Japanese. The events discussed in this video were important for the future of Ukraine and were largely dictated by the people of Ukraine through peaceful where possible means, however we cannot deny that there was interference at the time from both the west and Russia often stoking the violence or taking advantage of individual Actors for their own geopolitical ends

[@Jonathan-se7jy]

This is the only nuanced comment on this video.

[@tavenstrickert9658]

@@Jonathan-se7jy thank you that actually means a lot, because there is nothing about Ukraine that is simple or black and white. It is a complicated conflict with a very nuanced History. In the end the Ukraine conflict has three layers, the destiny of the Ukrainian people, the polarized destiny of their economic future, and their purpose in the geopolitical game. None of these three layers individually tells the whole story and each of them has a perspective from opposite ends that, when told together, can help people understand the truth.

[@Nostripe361]

@@tavenstrickert9658nothing is simple in geopolitics. You have the dozens of internal forces pushing your country to their dream state while also having to weigh your position on the international playing field.

[@alekzgavriel-russo7453]

US politicians visiting Ukraine and showing moral support is hardly even worthy of the label 'interference', also the "talking about post Yanukovych government call" (that's the Nuland call) was about the deal Yanukovych offered Yatsenyuk and Klitschko to calm protesters, Nuland suggested Yatsenyuk accept it (he didn't). This also goes against the idea that the US tried escalating, suggesting Yats take the deal was the complete opposite. In this time, Russia threatened Yanukovych, suggested he should react harshly to protesters, bribed him and effectively embargoed Ukraine. The two are not even remotely comparable.

[@aethersimulacra]

Can you do a video on the War in Donbas plz?

[@AndresRodriguez-uv6mx]

Thank you for making this video. This video really helps me in particular to understand all this as I was just entering middle school here in the US, so i only heard 1 or 2 snippets of this when these events took place.

[@haiiro8610]

Kudos to a very well made video K&G! Though I would have liked some more discussion on the sniper false flag allegations. Do you have any thoughts or rebuttals to the peer-reviewed albeit disputed research by Canadian-Ukrainian professor Ivan Katchanovski on this matter? Engaging in good faith here - keep up the good work!

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is a conspiracy with no tangible proof.

[@mango2005]

I've never accepted the Russian argument that it was a coup. A coup is something like what has happened in Niger, Sudan, Burkina Faso, the coup by General Sisi in Egypt or the coup by General Musharraf in Pakistan. In all these cases, it was carried out by generals, unlike Ukraine. Only security forces can make a coup happen. In 2014, the Berkut were fighting the protesters for months. What finally led to the revolution was when they opened fire on the protesters. In fact the day before Maidan, the opposition and the government had agreed a form of powersharing, in talks that involved Russia. Unfortunately, Yanukovych seems to have had no intention of abiding by it, as the shooting of the protesters showed. He then fled in a helicopter to Kharkiv, where he hoped the mayor Kernes would support him. This did not happen. Kharkiv is a Russian speaking city, but still did not support Yanukovych. This was a revolution, not a coup.

[@jtgd]

These people won’t care about facts. That’s why they refuse to acknowledge that fleeing Ukraine for 8 years as a president is effectively dereliction of duty, and the illegal annexation that he did not sanction legally as head of Ukraine. This is classic Russia trying to strong arm their neighbors into being subordinates. This is why Eastern Europe joined NATO

[@MDP1702]

Not just security forces, also elites who have the support of part of the security forces/their own forces (private military or mercenaries) and little to no resistance from other parts of society (relatively speaking). For example Wagners coupd might have worked if enough of the security forces decided to just stay neutral or even got split in supporting/stopping it.

[@flyingberserker3965]

Im not saying it was a coup, both sides alaways try to intervene but go research about victoria noland what she said about ukraine. USA for sure was in their interest what happened in ukraine

[@LasseEklof]

@@flyingberserker3965 "USA for sure was in their interest what happened in ukraine" - as well as Russia.

[@alexxxciloci7067]

The reason it was a coup is because of the United States meddling.

[@brokenbridge6316]

interesting video

[@tedpop]

Following on, like with newspaper headlines, if a question is asked, the answer is invariably "No."

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

There was so much optimism about Ukraine post-Maidan and their steady pieces of reforms being undertaken... police, administration, governance, customs, etc. They were heading in the right direction, instead of the cacique state Russia and Belarus are in.

[@WolfyOfHonor]

2:30 I would ask to include Klaipeda as part of Lithuanian territory and not play into Vatnik hands. Thanks.

[@dylanvogler2165]

Ohw lol yeah wtf why is Klaipeda (Memel for our German speakers) part of Kaliningrad Oblast in this map xD?

[@3XwithFatih]

Let Russel Brand watch this.

[@KingsandGenerals]

You can't explain something to a person who is being paid not to understand.

[@vergil7185]

Pretty interesting and detailed video! Thank you for job and your awesome content!

[@abcdef27669]

2013 was a funny year. A really funny year.

[@apoth90]

I guess calling the Euromaidan a coup can only be the idea of somebody who couldn't imagine that the people itself has a will too. Because he lives in a dictatorship, or even works for one ;)

[@michaelmulligan0]

Complex and interesting