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The [[Obama administration]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] had overthrown the [[democracy|democratically]] elected president of [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/03/how-why-us-government-perpetrated-2014-coup-ukraine/</ref>  [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]'s election had been certified by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).  He was the first democratically elected official overthrown in a violent revolution in recent memory.  The U.S.-backed [[coup]] was accomplished with the aid of anti-Russian, anti-democratic [[neo-Nazi]]s and traitors to Ukraine. It was an unconstitutional U.S.-sponsored [[regime change]].

The [[Obama administration]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] had overthrown the [[democracy|democratically]] elected president of [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/03/how-why-us-government-perpetrated-2014-coup-ukraine/</ref>  [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]'s election had been certified by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).  He was the first democratically elected official overthrown in a violent revolution in recent memory.  The U.S.-backed [[coup]] was accomplished with the aid of anti-Russian, anti-democratic [[neo-Nazi]]s and traitors to Ukraine. It was an unconstitutional U.S.-sponsored [[regime change]].

As of 2021, 13,000 people have been killed in the conflict.<ref>https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/29thReportUkraine_EN.pdf</ref>

As of 2021, 13,000 people had been killed in the conflict.<ref>https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/29thReportUkraine_EN.pdf</ref>

In early December 2021 it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed 125,000 troops, half of its forces, against the predominantly Russian speaking Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine.<ref>https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2021/12/01/russia-ukraine-has-deployed-half-of-its-army-to-donbass-conflict-zone</ref>  More than 600,000 Russian citizens reside in Donbas.<ref>http://uawire.org/kremlin-almost-640-000-donbas-residents-received-russian-passports</ref>

In early December 2021 it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed 125,000 troops, half of its forces, against the predominantly Russian speaking Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine.<ref>https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2021/12/01/russia-ukraine-has-deployed-half-of-its-army-to-donbass-conflict-zone</ref>  More than 600,000 Russian citizens reside in Donbas.<ref>http://uawire.org/kremlin-almost-640-000-donbas-residents-received-russian-passports</ref>