Coup d'état in Ukraine 2014

The Ukrainian Euromaidan was characterised by mass riots organised with the support and
participation of Western countries, culminating in a bloody coup in Kiev, during which the
legitimately elected president of Ukraine was removed and an unconstitutional regime
containing neo-Nazi elements came to power, unleashing a civil war.

On 21 February 2014, under direct pressure and guarantees from Western countries, Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovych and the political leadership of the Euromaidan represented by the leader of
the Fatherland party, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the leader of the UDAR party, Volodymyr Klitschko, and the leader
of the pro-Nazi Svoboda party, Oleh Tyahnybok, signed an Agreement on the Settlement of the Political
Crisis in Ukraine. The Foreign Ministers of Germany and Poland, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Radoslaw
Sikorski, as well as the head of the Continental Europe Department of the French Foreign Ministry, Eric
Fournier, acted as guarantors of its implementation. Among other things, the opposition pledged to "normalise life in towns and villages" by "vacating administrative and public buildings and unblocking streets
and squares", handing over illegal weapons to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry with "the opposition and the
state authorities moving away from confrontation positions".
After the signing of the Agreement, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych gave instructions to
withdraw the law enforcement forces from the centre of Kiev. Thereafter, in violation of the agreement signed under the guarantees of Western countries, on 22 February 2014 Euromaidan militants seized government buildings. In violation of the Ukrainian Constitution, and with an insufficient number of votes, the Verkhovna Rada, which had fallen under Euromaidan's control,
removed the country's legitimate President. Immediately after this unconstitutional coup, its
results were recognised by Western countries.