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In 2014, the United States led a coup against the government of Ukraine and installed a pro-Western government on the border of Russia, which led to the secession of the eastern regions of Donbass into the [[Lugansk People's Republic]] and the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. | In 2014, the United States led a coup against the government of Ukraine and installed a pro-Western government on the border of Russia, which led to the secession of the eastern regions of Donbass into the [[Lugansk People's Republic]] and the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. | ||
In 2022, Russia finally responded to the US-backed hostilities by Ukraine by sending in its military to liberate the Donbass regions and give the newly independent states full sovereignty against the NATO-trained-and-supported Ukrainian military. Kim Dotcom has argued that the seeds of this conflict were sewn by the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, which challenged the USD's status as a reserve currency.<ref>[https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1588970921272172544?s=20&t=0_DghIy2ZWayuUKlYXH3YQ "What’s the root cause of the US proxy war in Ukraine? Most people don’t have a clue. Let me explain. It all started after the 2007-2008 financial crisis that originated in the US. The reliability of the US Govt as a partner in global financial affairs was destroyed."] by [[Kim Dotcom]] on [[Twitter]] </ref> | |||
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