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  1. The first guy mentioned ATO and said that the Russians took their lands back in 2014. Well, the Ukrainians have been successfully brainwashed by their government on this one, but sooner or later, they and the whole of Europe will have to recognize a simple fact: the "Revolution of Dignity" that took place in Kyiv in February 2014 was a gross violation of the Constitution of Ukraine, when the LEGALLY elected president—who had been recognized as such by ALL nations of the world—was ILLEGALLY removed from office without even an impeachment process being initiated, despite this being the constitutional requirement. Revolution is never provided for in the Constitution of Ukraine as a legitimate means of changing state power—the word "revolution" is found nowhere in the Constitution. Therefore, those who came to power in Kyiv by unconstitutional means had no legitimate right to exercise control over any regions that refused to submit to the new illegal authorities in Kyiv. Donbas was exactly such a region. The acting president, Turchynov, however, decided in April 2014 to gain control over Donbas by force, launching the so-called "Anti-Terrorist Operation" (ATO)—a military campaign that involved shelling the region and killing thousands of civilians. This is how the war began—the very war that continues to this day. It was the first occasion when innocent blood was shed by the official army of one of the sides. As for Russia, it launched its Special Military Operation (SMO) in 2022, when it had become clear that Kyiv was not going to abandon its plan to gain control of Donbas by military means. On the contrary, it was only preparing for a large-scale counteroffensive—with NATO’s support. By that point, it was evident that the Minsk I and Minsk II agreements had been nothing more than Western ploys to buy time—something that both Merkel, Hollande, and Zelensky themselves later admitted.
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