@pascal macaigne I find it hard to talk about Ukraine without getting called a Putin fan boi or a Nazi (which shows a surprising lack of understanding). If you look at previous Ukrainian elections pro Russian governments won far more than pro European governments so it is fair to say that although support was roughly 50/50 support for the coup was not total as suggested. Ukraine could not have afforded to suddenly arm and equip several armies (Azov, Sich, Right Sector etc.) without external support. It may be wrong but no one with any understanding of the politics should know that Russia would be very, very unhappy. The rest is a little like knowing that there is a bear in the cave and going in and poking it with a stick and running out screaming when it wakes up. In saying that I get abuse but I do not see that as support for Putin. I used to spend a lot of time in Ukraine and whilst there found it hard to understand the acceptence of Nazi memorabilia. There were shops that traded solely in Nazi memorabilia but now we are expected to believe that the entire Ukrainian nation think as one and are all nice friendly people who think in a way that is perfectly compatible with western values.