The leader of the opposition was already in house arrest.

  • Sh3Rm4n@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Ukraine has been in a civil war since the coup in 2014, the extremists US put in power have done things like banning the use of Russian language. This hasn’t played well with a huge Russian speaking population in the east.

    Isn’t it the other way around in the donbass region, since ~2014?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      People of Donbas decided to separate from Ukraine after 2014 coup, and that’s why there’s been an ongoing conflict this whole time.