This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...

[hwk23]

As a result, an agreement was signed on 21 February 2014 by Yanukovych and leaders of the parliamentary opposition that called for the creation of an interim unity government, constitutional reforms and early elections. Shortly after the agreement, Yanukovych and other government ministers fled the country.[90] Parliament then removed Yanukovych from office[91] and installed an interim government.[92] The Revolution of Dignity was soon followed by the Russian annexation of Crimea and pro-Russian unrest in Eastern Ukraine, eventually escalating into the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Who seized the power? The people? The legislature? No one "violently seized power," because the legislature and elected officials remained in control until the next election. Yanukovich agreed to turn over power, then abandoned the country and recorded a resignation speech to avoid arrest for the shooting and murder of hundreds of people.

Of course it was violent. It had been ongoing violence and terrorist threats for weeks. Otherwise they would have waited for the next election.

Just the next year in 2015 Poroshenko had reached a lower job approval than Yanukovych ever had.. only 17% approval nationwide. The lowest Yanukovych ever had was 28%. Even Zelensky got down to 24% in 2021.

Poroshenko is not popular in any region of Ukraine. He has the fewest fans in the country's Russian-leaning South and East (7% and 11% respectively), where one in 10 or fewer approve of the job he is doing. However, Poroshenko notably also has fewer admirers in the West and South and East than Yanukovych did before the revolution. In the Central and North regions (which include Kiev), roughly as many Ukrainians approve of Poroshenko now (21%) as approved of Yanukovych (20%) in 2013.

Ukrainians Disillusioned With Leadership

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is now less popular than his predecessor Viktor Yanukovych was before he was ousted. After more than a year in office, just 17% of Ukrainians approve of the job that Poroshenko is doing.

news.gallup.com

 

[Thunderlips71]

And she sings too!

"If you pluck flowers from the road, there are girls who will hide them for the rest of their lives, and there are also those who say that if you pile the daisy in your house with a truck, I loved roses...... #tekirdag and #çorlu or EDİRNE Love is different in November, dollar is on the agenda again #Ukraine"

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I believe that is a rough translation of the old saying, “The only thing nicer than roses on your piano are tulips on my organ”

 

[seminole97]

108th separate battalion of 10th mountain-assault brigade repelled another attempt of enemy advance in Spirne village, Luhansk oblast (29 km NE from Bakhmut). At the end of video you can see bodies of 29 Russian or LDPR fighters, which UKR soldiers gathered after the battle. Also two tanks and probably BMP were destroyed. One more tank is seen on the road after explosion by mine, but this is probably recent loss.

PS. In comments already noted as minimum half of video is about the recent fighting in July

 

[lucas80]

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What is Turkey going to do if the Russians just line up and run the straight?

 

[TunzaHawk]

What is Turkey going to do if the Russians just line up and run the straight?

Blow them up

 

[lucas80]

My understanding is the Russians have a finite amount of missiles and are rapidly running through them and domestic production of them is all but negligible. Not sure this is a path for success for them, although I fully support sending them as much air defense as possible.

The Russians made great use of helicopters in Syria. They filled barrels full of explosives and shrapnel and rolled them out of helicopters. If the Ukrainians have nothing but small arms, then the Russians will start doing the same thing.

 

[thewop]

Does anyone else feel a sense of failure when you see 3 Russian vehicles in a video and only 1 or 2 get blown up?

I really want to see all of them turn to fireballs before the end of the video...

 

[lucas80]

Does anyone else feel a sense of failure when you see 3 Russian vehicles in a video and only 1 or 2 get blown up?

I really want to see all of them turn to fireballs before the end of the video...

Yeah, I do still have a little guilt watching some of the clips. There was one last page where I'm watching and watching that one tank maneuver and I'm wondering, "When does the kill show come in"?

 

[seminole97]

What is Turkey going to do if the Russians just line up and run the straight?

Have a front row seat to the shitty damage control operations of the Russian navy?

 

[Bonerfarts]

How we got here.

 

[noleclone2]

 

[SA_Hawk]

What is Turkey going to do if the Russians just line up and run the straight?

A Turkish F-16 did shoot down a Russian fighter violating its airspace along the border with Syria a few years ago. Not afraid of those commie bastards.

 

[Tenacious E]

 

[noleclone2]

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

SIAP

Excellent....kind of wish Frontline had blotted out these journalists faces. They wanted their faces shown and names given...but for their own good I wish they hadn't.

 

[Slappy Pappy]

Harvest season

 

[Slappy Pappy]

(One if the several reasons why) negotiations with Russia are pointless. They will inevitably break any agreement they sign when it suits them.

 

[seminole97]

Now do the body count.

 

[h-hawk]

 

[h-hawk]

 

[mthawkeyes]

Now do the body count.

The Russians are working on it. See the post directly above.

 

[h-hawk]

 

[h-hawk]

 

[noleclone2]

Now do the body count.

Hahaha. I so knew this would trigger you the most of all posters.

 

[seminole97]

The Russians are working on it. See the post directly above.

We had a roughly million person head start. If nukes go live they’ll catch up in a hurry, otherwise it’s going to take a while.

“Ain’t war hell?”

 

[h-hawk]

 

[h-hawk]

Maybe next time you will allow Germany to send your ammo!

 

[seminole97]

Hahaha. I so knew this would trigger you the most of all posters.

Triggered? Naw, but I know you won’t post the body count, it undercuts any argument about how awesome neocon policies actually work out in real life for real people. The Iraq invasion is a stain on our history.

Have a current map showing the parts of Syria we’ve partitioned with our invasion of same? This one is almost two years old:

 

[noleclone2]

We had a roughly million person head start. If nukes go live they’ll catch up in a hurry, otherwise it’s going to take a while.

“Ain’t war hell?”

LOL. You are such a clown. The Iraq war sucked and was for wrong reasons. I was and still am pissed it happened. But comparing it to what Russia is doing to a peaceful Ukraine ruled by a non dictator who had not killed 500k plus people already himself is just asinine. And insinuating the US military directly killed 1,000,000 people in Iraq (without mentioning the vast majority of deaths were secular strikes) as if they were akin to the Russian child raping / genocide commiting troops / highrise residential striking Russians is just ridiculous. You won’t catch me making that type of asinine backwards defense of Russia you have been doing 1000 plus pages. New York Pitchbot level of false equivalency and willful stupidity on your part. I am sure your Dad is proud of you.

 

[noleclone2]

Hmmmm. Who does this make you think of here in Merica.

 

[h-hawk]

 

[h-hawk]

IF new it looks like they took out the rest of the building.

"Donetsk railway administration building"



"Donetsk landing video"

 

[h-hawk]

Formerly Stalingrad-probably a test.

 

[Lindemann]

And she sings too!

"If you pluck flowers from the road, there are girls who will hide them for the rest of their lives, and there are also those who say that if you pile the daisy in your house with a truck, I loved roses...... #tekirdag and #çorlu or EDİRNE Love is different in November, dollar is on the agenda again #Ukraine"

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Not sure what the hot/not hot ratio is for young ladies in Ukraine, but I have a suspicion it's higher than in Iowa.

 

[h-hawk]

 

[h-hawk]

 

[cfbfan23]

Not sure what the hot/not hot ratio is for young ladies in Ukraine, but I have a suspicion it's higher than in Iowa.

 

[h-hawk]

"Morning walk of the troops , we stretch our legs.... singing autumn songs.... we go 7 dwarfs style... until Skynet appears .... PUMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!"

 

[h-hawk]

"#Yasinovataya following the Ukrainian bombings. The attacks on the city continue."

 

[TC Nole OX]