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The '''Euromaidan color revolution''' was a [[color revolution]] conducted by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) and the [[European Union]] (EU) against the democratically elected government of [[Ukraine]] in 2014.<ref>[https://www.redstreetjournal.com/p/cia1?r=1f4eof&s=w <nowiki>[DECLASSIFIED] - CIA INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINIAN NATIONALISM</nowiki>]</ref><ref>[https://kitklarenberg.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-coup-how-cia-front-laid Anatomy of a Coup: How CIA Front Laid Foundations for Ukraine War]</ref> The color | The '''Euromaidan color revolution''' was a [[color revolution]] conducted by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) and the [[European Union]] (EU) against the democratically elected government of [[Ukraine]] in 2014.<ref name=":0">[https://www.redstreetjournal.com/p/cia1?r=1f4eof&s=w <nowiki>[DECLASSIFIED] - CIA INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINIAN NATIONALISM</nowiki>]</ref><ref>[https://kitklarenberg.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-coup-how-cia-front-laid Anatomy of a Coup: How CIA Front Laid Foundations for Ukraine War]</ref> The color revolution consolidated the rise of a [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[military junta]] in the country and triggered a series of revolutionary protests known as the [[Russian Spring]]. The neo-Nazi regime responded to the [[Russia|Russian]] Spring violently with the [[Donbass genocide]], which inevitably led to the [[Donbass Revolution]] and, 8 years later, the [[Special Military Operation in Ukraine]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGQfiImnZHE Oliver Stone: Ukraine on Fire]</ref> | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
=== Ukrainian nationalism === | === Origins of Ukrainian nationalism === | ||
==== German involvement ==== | |||
[[File:OUN-r Flag 1941.svg.png|thumb|Flag of the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]]]] | [[File:OUN-r Flag 1941.svg.png|thumb|Flag of the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]]]] | ||
Dating all the way back to the [[First World War]], [[Ukrainian nationalism]] has existed as an [[astroturfed movement]]. Ukrainian nationalism was originally astroturfed by the [[German Empire]] in 1917 to justify to breakup of the ex-[[Russian Empire]]'s territories in Eastern Europe. The original Ukrainian nationalist movement slowly died out towards the end of the [[Russian Civil War]] in 1923, however it was revitalized again by [[Nazi Germany]] during the [[Second World War]] to weaken the [[Soviet Union]]. During the [[Great Patriotic War]], the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazis]] astroturfed Ukrainian nationalist movements to serve as collaborators under their ''[[Reichskommissariat Ukraine]]''. Examples of this included Ukrainian nationalist collaboration included the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] (UPA) and the [[Ukrainian Auxiliary Police]] (UDP). [[Stepan Bandera]], who later became an icon for the modern Ukrainian nationalist movement, served as the leader of the UPA and a UDP officer.<ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/567200-vinnitsa-tolstoy-bandera-street/ Ukrainian city names street after Nazi collaborator]</ref><ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/569309-ukrainian-parliament-celebrate-nazi-collaborator/ Ukrainian parliament slammed for celebrating Nazi collaborator]</ref> Bandera helped Nazi Germany extend the [[Holocaust]] into Ukraine, murdering [[Poland|Poles]], [[Czechia|Czechs]], Russians, [[Judaism|Jews]], and [[Communism|Communists]] regardless of ethnicity. | Dating all the way back to the [[First World War]], [[Ukrainian nationalism]] has existed as an [[astroturfed movement]]. Ukrainian nationalism was originally astroturfed by the [[German Empire]] in 1917 to justify to breakup of the ex-[[Russian Empire]]'s territories in Eastern Europe.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1918/russian-revolution/ch03.htm The Nationalities Question]</ref> The original Ukrainian nationalist movement slowly died out towards the end of the [[Russian Civil War]] in 1923, however it was revitalized again by [[Nazi Germany]] during the [[Second World War]] to weaken the [[Soviet Union]] (USSR). During the [[Great Patriotic War]], the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazis]] astroturfed Ukrainian nationalist movements to serve as collaborators under their ''[[Reichskommissariat Ukraine]]''.<ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/571662-ukranian-nationalists-in-ussr/ Nazi collaborators, dissidents and Soviet functionaries: The untold story of how Ukraine achieved independence]</ref> Examples of this included Ukrainian nationalist collaboration included the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] (UPA) and the [[Ukrainian Auxiliary Police]] (UDP). [[Stepan Bandera]], who later became an icon for the modern Ukrainian nationalist movement, served as the leader of the UPA and a UDP officer.<ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/567200-vinnitsa-tolstoy-bandera-street/ Ukrainian city names street after Nazi collaborator]</ref><ref>[https://www.rt.com/russia/569309-ukrainian-parliament-celebrate-nazi-collaborator/ Ukrainian parliament slammed for celebrating Nazi collaborator]</ref> Bandera helped Nazi Germany extend the [[Holocaust]] into Ukraine, murdering [[Poland|Poles]], [[Czechia|Czechs]], Russians, [[Judaism|Jews]], and [[Communism|Communists]] regardless of ethnicity. | ||
==== American involvement ==== | |||
[[File:62f0776c-7275-4a55-8eeb-d818f309500f 865x155.png|thumb|[[Central Intelligence Agency]] list of [[CAPELIN]] agents given shelter in [[United States]]-occupied [[Germany]] after the [[Second World War]] ([[Stepan Bandera]]'s name is highlighted)]] | |||
After the end of the Second World War and the start of the [[Cold War]], the [[United States]] (US) became increasingly interested in rehabiliting the [[Fascism|fascist]] forces they had fought against during the way and turning them into a bulwark against Communism. This path was taken in both [[Germany]] and [[Japan]], with ex-Nazis and ex-[[Empire of Japan|Imperial officials]] being reinstated to positions of power.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPTnb2Z6ZJg Shinzo Abe's Assassination - Who Was He? - The US Japan Imperialist Alliance Post WWII]</ref> The CIA began to take a similar approach with Ukraine, hoping to take advantage of the remnants of the Banderite Ukrainian nationalist movement as a weapon against the USSR.<ref name=":0" /> In 1946, the US launched [[Operation Belladonna]] to aid the [[Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council]] (UHVR), a Ukrainian nationalist organization that worked with Bandera.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/AERODYNAMIC%20%20%20VOL.%209%20%20(DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20PLANS)_0001.pdf AERODYNAMIC VOL. 9 (DEVELOPMENT AND PLANS)_0001.pdf]</ref> In 1949, the CIA launched [[Project AERODYNAMIC]] to expand influence in Ukraine and astroturf Ukrainian nationalism.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/AERODYNAMIC%20%20%20VOL.%201_0130.pdf AERODYNAMIC VOL. 1_0130.pdf]</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/AERODYNAMIC%20%20%20VOL.%2035%20%20%28OPERATIONS%29_0039.pdf AERODYNAMIC VOL. 35 (OPERATIONS)_0039.pdf]</ref> The project ended in 1970, but it was renewed as [[PDDYNAMIC]] in 1974. PDDYNAMIC lasted until 1991.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/QRPLUMB%20%20%20VOL.%202%20%20%28DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20PLANS%2C%201970-78%29_0025.pdf QRPLUMB VOL. 2 (DEVELOPMENT AND PLANS, 1970-78)_0025.pdf]</ref> The [[CAPELIN]] project by the CIA was launched around the same time as Operation Belladonna, which gave Bandera and his allies shelter in US-occupied Germany after the end of the Second World War. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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