Ukraine on Fire Page #7

not just injured, dead, shot by snipers

zaharchenko:
on february 20 the police officers were being shot at

yanukovich:
i got this information that snipers are shooting

and there are casualties from both sides

zaharchenko:
the conservatory is where the first shots were from

this place was under control of the maidan forces

narrator:
and here again we see our old friend from narodniy ruh andriy parubiy

who was at the peak of his glory

as a self-proclaimed maidan commandant

which in fact means leader of the radical opposition

: we had warned them

that maidan may take more action

if our demands aren't fulfilled in the next days

putin:
it was to spread chaos

and certainly yanukovich wouldn't benefit from growing chaos

reporter:
here you can see protesters escorting

a line of special forces officers

it's still not clear where they are taking them

67 officers are officially declared missing

stone:
14 officers dead, 43 wounded, right?

zaharchenko:
20 people dead and more than 150 with gun wounds

yanukovich:
then it was clear, on february 20-21

that an armed overthrow was happening

reporter:
opposition leader vitaliy klitchko

called his followers to stay alert

each of you here should stand strong, he said

because we're not going anywhere

yanukovich:
at that same period

we were negotiating with the opposition

and very often we agreed, but

as i found out later, it was just a game

the part of the opposition that didn't take part in the negotiation

the radical one, they didn't care

and listened to no one

they were doing their job

narrator:
like in 2004 during the orange revolution

the international leaders felt that it was time

to interfere and put both sides of the negotiation

putin:
three european foreign ministers came to kiev

putin:
they took part in the meeting between president yanukovich and the opposition

agreed on carrying out a presidential election before schedule

agreed on the ways of building relations between the president and the opposition

the ukrainian president and the leaders of the opposition have agreed on a truce

just like in 2004 the opposition or at least its radical faction

the right sector, lead by dmitriy yarosh

had no intention of fulfilling his part of the bargain

dmitriy yarosh:
the achieved agreements do not comply with our expectations

the right sector will not lower the weapons

the right sector will not unblock any of the government institutions

until our main demand is fulfilled

the resignation of viktor yanukovich

yanukovich:
i have signed such document

but a bit later i understood that whatever document we are to sign

the overthrow scenario was planned and it was imminent

so, basically none of our actions mattered

radoslaw sikorski: if you don't sign this

you will have martial law

the army, you'll all be dead

the opposition leaders said

that they have found a way to end the bloodshed

but first they wanted to announce the conclusion of the negotiations

it was soon clear that the protesters weren't happy

putin:
so the next day mr viktor yanukovich

left to visit the second largest city in ukraine, x

as soon as he left his office it was taken using weapons

what do you call that?

yanukovich:
the thing is i flew there by helicopter

the escorting cars were going separately

but no one knew about it

so the escorting cars were going and they got under gunfire

also our intelligence had an information that there were special mercenaries

who's objective was not to capture the president, but to kill

so i asked for mr. putin's permission to go to russia

the permission was granted and also i was helped

on february 24th i got on russian territory

at the same time

kiev was saying the last goodbye to the victims of the massacre

it was also welcoming those who came to power on the cost of their lives

ukraine's parliament has voted for assigning

alexander turchinov as an acting president

he called the lawmakers to form the new government by tuesday

this event followed the dismount of president viktor yanukovich on saturday

perry:
and they removed yanukovich

without following the constitutional procedure for impeachment

yanukovich:
the impeachment procedure wasn't followed

the constitutional court had to be involved

the supreme court and it wasn't done

and of the deputies had to be voting in the parliament

the parliament of ukraine consists of 450 deputies

the constitution of ukraine

requires at least a majority of 338 deputies vote in favor

but only 328 deputies voted yes

they didn't have the of parliament votes

the us state department immediately called the new government legit

and it was a part of the coup scenario

in this way they eliminated the possibility

to revive the agreement of february 22 that could get viktor yanukovich back in power

then you had eastern ukraine resisting

crimea wanted to separate and the situation came out of control

on sunday the people are to decide whether they want to leave ukraine and join russia

the campaign with slogan 'together with russia' is being carried by moscow

the crimean referendum situation was also happening at that time

the crimean referendum was initiated by the people of crimea

it was their response to the maidan representatives' attempts to make the same coup in crimea

it is not a secret that the population of crimea was always pro-russia

crimean authorities, agreeing with the populace

fully supported viktor yanukovich's decision

to stall the signing of the 2013 trade agreement with eu

as the event in kiev took place

crimean authorities made a declaration:

based on the will of the crimean people who elected us

we declare that we will not give crimea to extremists and neo-nazis

seeking to seize power in ukraine

at the cost of the blood of the country and its citizens

after the regime change in kiev

rumors began spreading in crimea

that new authorities will be ruthless to the ones who oppose them

dmitriy yarosh:
hail to ukraine

crowd:
hail to the heroes

this lead to the pro-russia demonstrations

of the people that aren't in agreement with the new government in kiev

on february 27 the government institution in the capital of crimea

was seized by pro-russia protesters

the crimean government was dismissed

and the new leader c a

was assigned as the leader of the crimean autonomous republic

they certainly were hoping and asking the russian government for protection

on march 16 the crimean referendum was held

and the people voted for leaving ukraine

and entering the russian federation

the situation in crimea has been presented as russian invasion

and again, nobody takes it seriously

look at the poll numbers

some of them were done by the us agencies themselves

showing that people of crimea want to join russia

but in the us news media it's all been presented as

russian invading and faking this vote

where people were voting literally at gun point

and that's how they got 96% of the votes for joining russia

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