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==History==
==History==
Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence after the 2014 U.S.-backed Maidan coup in Kyiv that overthrew democratically-elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] on February 21, 2014. On the next day the Ukrainian Rada, with only opposition leaders present, impeached Yanukovych.
Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence after the 2014 U.S.-backed Maidan coup in Kyiv that overthrew democratically-elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] on February 21, 2014. On the next day the Ukrainian Rada, with only opposition leaders present, ousted Yanukovych.
After anti-Russian language laws were passed by the [[coup]] government, hand-picked by [[Victoria Nuland]] of the [[United States]],<ref>https://youtu.be/6UKCqqOSBXE</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/LH8jz1Docm4</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/OWfBW1ExZmc</ref> and after [[neo-Nazi]]s burned dozens of people alive in a building in [[Odessa]] on May 3, 2014, both Lugansk and Donetsk declared independence nine days later on May 12.
After anti-Russian language laws were passed by the [[coup]] government, hand-picked by [[Victoria Nuland]] of the [[United States]],<ref>https://youtu.be/6UKCqqOSBXE</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/LH8jz1Docm4</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/OWfBW1ExZmc</ref> and after [[neo-Nazi]]s burned dozens of people alive in a building in [[Odessa]] on May 3, 2014, both Lugansk and Donetsk declared independence nine days later on May 12.