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Furthermore, the appearance of what was called "government snipers" on February 20th is shown to coincide with the massacre’s end, not its initiation. The evidence suggests that the violence was orchestrated by opposition forces who wanted to frame the Yanukovich government and justify acts of violence that ultimately led to the overthrow of the elected president.
The Role of Western and Foreign Actors
A central theme in Professor Kachanovski’s research is the pivotal involvement of Western governments, especially the United States, in shaping the Maidan crisis. The narrative pushed by Western media—claiming that Yanukovich’s regime ordered the killings—is contradicted by the evidence of opposition-led violence.