> the capital was never occupied (in a military sense) by armed protesters as you claim I'm sorry, but this is a basic fact of the events, and you are tragical

> the capital was never occupied (in a military sense) by armed protesters as you claim I'm sorry, but this is a basic fact of the events, and you are tragically misinformed. Many people are misinformed, many media outlets played up the 'peaceful protests' angle, but there is no doubt, there was an armed insurrection. I think this article offers a glimpse of what was being reported at the time [1]. Scores of police captured, 3 killed, 28 shot. This was prior to the presidential palace being captured, that happened once the police flipped sides. 1: https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/kiev-ukraine-protesters-capture-67-police-103720 https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/kiev-ukraine-proteste...