Ukraine Masks of the Revolution

In February 2014 paramilitary groups fought against the police in the streets of Kyev and ousted President Yanukovych They settled a new government According to western media they were the revolution heroes But they are actually heavily armed extremeright militias The Right Sector Azov or Svoboda created parallel irregular forces that easily go out of control In Odessa in May 2014 they were responsible for burning 45 people to death without facing any charges How come western democracies havent raised their voice in protest Most likely because these Ukrainian nationalist militias actually played a significant role in a much larger scale war The Ukrainian revolution was strongly ed by the US diplomacy In the new cold war that opposes Russia to the USA Ukraine is a decisive pawn A tactical pawn to contain Putins ambitions Ukraine masks of the revolution by Paul Moreira sheds light on this blind corner