How Euromaidan Triggered Ukraine’s Nine-Year War On Donbass

According to Alexander Matyushin, the Euromaidan protests triggered Ukraine's nine-year war on Donbass.

Alexander Matyushin, also known as "Varyag," a former leader of the "Varyag" detachment and war journalist, said that the "Russian Spring" in the Donbass started as a grassroots movement during the height of the Euromaidan protests in Kiev.

According to Ukrainian intelligence officer Andriy Yusov, the Russian army is now using Musk’s Starlink on the front lines, as reported by RBC-Ukraine.

When then-President Viktor Yanukovich refused to sign an EU association agreement, protestors began to congregate in Kiev's main square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), on November 21, 2013. Up to 2,000 people participated in the demonstrations.

"Nikolai Azarov, Yanukovich's closest aide and adviser, at the 11th hour calculated that switching to European standards would indebt Ukraine at a scale one had never imagined," Matyushin said. "The transition envisaged chang...

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