The deal for EU membership was tied to a poison apple of requirements from IMF + EU loans that demanded sweeping austerity. the pre-Euromaidan politicians deci

The deal for EU membership was tied to a poison apple of requirements from IMF + EU loans that demanded sweeping austerity. the pre-Euromaidan politicians decided to take the loan offered from Russia that did not require the austerity cuts to social services, pensions, and selling off public infrastructure. Euromaidan violence followed and after the coup everything continued to escalate and collapse into the Ukrainian "civil war" much of the eastern Ukrainian population was dehumanized after euromaidan. language laws passed, large opposition parties were made illegal. violent ultranationalists like azov begin gaining power. Ukrainian civilians have been abused and victimized by corruption for many years, decades.