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In reply to the discussion: Russian jets cross into Ukraine airspace [View all]joshcryer
(62,276 posts)One police station was burned down by fascists in Lyiv (not Kiev). One. That's the only instance I could find.
Otherwise there was no seizure of power. There was a power vacuum because the Parliament was calling for his head and he and a bunch of crony parliamentarians fled.
The US did assist. Materially, food, aid, clothing, moral support. Nuland gave out some fucking cupcakes. The Maiden internet connection was rock freaking solid, how they got that, had to have been some big techies.
You might say that the Russian state was acting "reactively" but the damn anti-protest law was drafted in freaking Moscow and introduced by western pro-Russian parliamentarians. That was a full on aggressive act when until that point there was only a two or three day riot and everything calmed down afterward.
To be sure, imperialists handing out cupcakes are not as scary and forceful as imperialists handing out guns, and RPGs, and APCs.