causality/agency feels a little complicated because the US has been pushing Banderite ideology in Ukraine since 1953 via CIA’s Operation Aerodynamic, and executed a coup against the country in 2014. Victoria Nuland specified who she wanted in each government position on a leaked phone call. iirc during Maidan they had coup snipers shooting people dead at protests for chaos value and provocation
causality/agency feels a little complicated because the US has been pushing Banderite ideology in Ukraine since 1953 via CIA’s Operation Aerodynamic, and executed a coup against the country in 2014. Victoria Nuland specified who she wanted in each government position on a leaked phone call. iirc during Maidan they had coup snipers shooting people dead at protests for chaos value and provocation
I understand that. That is more like an excuse than a reason, though. Not saying you are saying it’s an excuse, and I’m not saying it doesn’t matter.