History of the Ukrainian Euromaidan Revolution of 2014 DOCUMENTARY

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I think it is vitally important to note that while the European Union was negotiating with Ukraine they were also dealing with the Greek Crisis. They could only offer so much to Ukraine because they were insisting on austerity in Greece.

Well technically the American Revolution was a French supported uprising. But even the French couldn't expect its breakthrough success. Napoleon once famously stated: We have created the most fierce competitor for the British on the Seas.

@16:20 Reportedly, the chief of staff was dismissed for refusing to use the army to supress the protests without a written order. The deputy chief of staff was then asked to do the same, which he refused and resigned of his own volution.

Watching Winter on Fire documentary really gave me a lot of respect for the people of Ukraine. They've been through a lot since 2014.

Euromaidan made me interested about ukraine. Up to this day I am still following the news about Ukraine. 🇵🇭🤝🇺🇦

great job, it's a pity you didn't cover the "Dictatorial Laws of January 16" after which Yanukovych had 0 chances to hold power, he angered even his ardent supporters among the citizens. Because according to these laws, everyone had the opportunity to go to prison for the absurd, for example, a traffic jam. Or a ban on head protection on the street - Cyclist? Builder - You can literally go to jail because of hastily designed laws for these rallies

I recall watching Winter on Fire a long time ago, it's simply mind boggling that the flames of freedom so close to being extinguished are now pillars of State, unyielding to the Ruzzi Menace. I salute you Ukraine yet again, you've shown time and again your impossible feats.

This type of question (coup or not) exists in Honduras in 2009. That crisis and its aftermath is an equally interesting story.

I have lived in Kyiv all my life. The revolution happened when I was 8. I will never forget how my grandfather and I went to the Maidan and stuck a sticker "I'm not here for the money", I remember the crowd, the barricades, the smoke. Then my parents forbade me to be there when people started dying, but they went themselves, delivered food to the tent city. these events left a deep mark on me and, I think, on all Ukrainians. Ukraine will always be free, democratic and will never again fall into Moscow's clutches. Glory to Ukraine

I rememeber back in 2014 when we were seeing headlines of ISIS and Ukraine I became so invested in world politics. Seeing the state of UA today makes me sad but glad to see that since 2014 back when I didn't have much hope that Ukraine would survive as a country. I'm glad I was wrong and the world see's their struggle and although slow at helping they are helping . Slava Ukraini

It's always been interesting to me that some people refer to the Maidan Revolution as only a "coup". It's one thing if the army overthrows a government out of the blue, it's quite another thing if the military steps in after weeks or months of mass protests by people demanding the current regime/government resign or if there is a parliamentary vote that ousts the current leader from power. There's an implied meaning in the word "coup" of "the army/security services/or one faction overthrew the government by violent force without any consent from ordinary citizens." and this simply just didn't happen in the case of the Euromaidan Ukraine uprising.

A coup is also usually a planned effort. Euromaidan looks more like a messy series of reactions. Not a coup.

Videos like this are very important for understanding why there is conflict in Ukraine today. Also will there be a video on the annexation of Crimea and the Donbas war?

I've been waiting for Perun to cover this difficult topic for over a year now. I'm glad you guys have. You've struck a reasonable balance, and defended your position with facts. Still, the hate mail will be entertaining. Share some of it. We could use a laugh.

All historic events we refer to as a 'coup', share these 3 things: 1) The overturn was done by clearly distinct group of people. You always could say whether this specific person was in or not. 2) It was done as an operation according to a specific plan. 3) It had clearly defined goal (in prevailing most of cases - getting the power and holding it as long as possible) On the other hand, historic events known as 'revolutions' are very different in all 3 aspects: 1) Done by broad masses of people, most of whom are hard to clearly attribute whether they are revolutionaries or not. There are activists, but their role is mostly to agitate and instigate the crowd. 2) Events are mostly chaotic, at least at the beginning. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow not to say in a week. There are some sort of leaders, but they are mostly trying to ride the wave rather than create one. On later stages the events may become more organized, but they start from chaos, often coming out of the blue. 3) The only common goal for all participants is to destroy the current order. Opinions about what must happen next among revolutionaries may be very different so that if the revolution wins, it may be followed by civil war between different factions of winners. Applying this pattern, the conclusion whether Maidan was a coup or revolution is a trivial task.

Nice work. But i think it was worth also point out that also was protests before start of revolution -"Tax maidan". Many ppl in east was in support of Janukovich after Jushenko but his corruption was very bad so we had maidan at Kharkiv too.

I was in Kyiv when Maidan was happening and it was a beautiful show of love, strength and solidarity for freedom that we as Ukrainians hold. Originally from Mariupol, I was in Kyiv to get my VISA to come to America. Whatever the interference there was by the West, I know one thing for sure. EVERYONE wanted to join Europe and leave toxic russia behind. And if the West was helping us, we were pretty happy about that.

I was working with a Luhansk woman (1/2 Russian/Ukrainian) back in 2014, I remember her being very cynical about politics in her home country. Basically, that nothing was going to change except going from a pro-Russian oligarch to a pro-EU oligarch.

You guys should take the scripts of all these episodes and publish it in a book