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This is a fairly extensive interview with Ivan Katchanovski, the respected Canadian-Ukrainian political scientist who conducted extensive research into the Maidan massacre of February 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine:
https://youtu.be/iPJcW48Vufs?si=EmPUHgh0w2kyX8I6His work contradicts our present propaganda narrative and he concludes that the massacre, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of protesters and police, was a false-flag operation ordered by US politicians executed by far-right groups, rather than by the government forces of then-President Viktor Yanukovych, as widely claimed.
His analysis is based on a comprehensive review of publicly available evidence, including videos, witness testimonies, forensic ballistic and medical examinations, and court proceedings from the Maidan massacre trials in Ukraine.
Katchanovski argues that the snipers responsible for the killings were primarily located in Maidan-controlled buildings, such as the Hotel Ukraina, and not in areas controlled by the Berkut special police or other government forces. He asserts that this mass killing was US planned to delegitimize the Yanukovych government, provoke its overthrow, and seize power, ultimately succeeding in toppling the government on February 22, 2014. He highlights that the majority of wounded protesters testified to being shot from directions inconsistent with government positions, and forensic evidence supports this, showing shots fired from steep angles, sides, or backs of victims—indicative of sniper fire from opposition-held locations.
Regarding U.S. involvement, Katchanovski does not explicitly claim that the United States "arranged" the massacre itself in the sense of directly ordering or executing it. Instead, he suggests that the U.S. played a significant role in ordering the broader overthrow of the Yanukovych government, which the massacre facilitated. He points to circumstantial evidence, such as U.S. officials’ backing of the Maidan movement and their interactions with opposition leaders, but his primary focus remains on the massacre’s execution by domestic actors—specifically oligarchic and far-right elements within the opposition. In his writings, he concludes that the event was a key part of a Western-backed regime change operation.
In summary, Katchanovski concludes that the Maidan massacre was a false-flag operation by Maidan opposition forces, not the Yanukovych government, aimed at overthrowing the legitimate government in Kyiv. He implies U.S. complicity in the broader coup, though his evidence centers more on the massacre’s domestic orchestration and its consequences, which aligned with Western geopolitical interests, including an established goal of escalating tensions with Russia.
