99 Putin weighs in on root cause of Ukraine conflict...The ongoing conflict in Ukraine would never have happened if there hadn't been a coup in Kiev in 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted on Friday. (web.archive.org) posted 2 years ago by Taffy333 2 years ago by Taffy333 +99 / -0 Putin weighs in on root cause of Ukraine conflict The US-backed 2014 coup in Kiev directly led to the current conflict, in which Ukraine serves someone else’s interests, Vladimir Putin said 8 comments share 8 comments share save hide report block hide replies
It was still the government of the country. The west doesn't get to claim it fights against authoritarianism when it supports a coupe that ousted the duly elected government of Ukraine and installed their own puppet there.