So if an ELECTED Ukrainian government killing people who built barricades, took over buildings, and worked to overthrow the government was bad...
How come now an UNELECTED Ukrainian government killing people who build barricades, take over buildings, and work to overthrow the government is ok?
Both sides suck in this conflict, but the hypocrisy of some people is really amazing.
You are hopelessly uninformed. There is no popular support for uniting with Russia in Eastern Ukraine. 65 percent are opposed to Russia's aggression, even in the East. These "protestors" are pre-invasion forces sent from Russia with around 500 to 600 extremists recruited from across the country. Russia is invading Ukraine.
There would have been an election, but there would not have been a legitimate election, in May, with Yanukovych firmly in control. This was widely understood in most of Ukraine.
Parliament took over when Yanukovych & cronies fled. Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was voted as interim President by the ELECTED Parliament. Who was unelected?
Note these sections (excerpts) from the statement by Yanukovych own “Party of Regions” (approx. Feb. 23):
“Now Ukraine is living through one of the most difficult and tragic periods in its history,” the faction said in a statement. “The country finds itself deceived and robbed, but even this is nothing in comparison with the grief that dozens of Ukrainian families, who have lost their relatives, are feeling. Ukraine has been betrayed. Viktor Yanukovych and his team are responsible for this.”
“We, the Party of Regions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and our party members, strongly condemn the criminal orders that led to human losses, to the depletion of the state treasury and the drastic debt increase that shamed the government in the eyes of Ukrainians and the rest of the world. As a result, our country found itself on the edge of a precipice, faced the threat of break-up and loss of national sovereignty. The president failed to heed our advise when it was given to him,” the Party of Regions says.
“We condemn the cowardly flight of Viktor Yanukovych. We condemn the betrayal on his part. We condemn the criminal orders, which exposed common people, soldiers and officers to certain risks”
If anything was unelected, it was Yanukovych massive gathering of power and money to himself.
um.... because these seperatists are threatening the territorial integrity of Ukraine, are backed by a imperialist Russia, and are threatening violence against those who don’t support them. Completely unlike the Kiev protestors.