Really, Kuujis, at least we have some logic in our discussion now. The last example of USA involvement in Ukraine - Kolomoysky was fired after he visited the US Ambassador and then he went to USA. ATO was started after visiting of Biden. And so on. It is not only mediation.
We can agree to disagree if you want to, but this is wishful thinking and attempts at seeing relations where there might have been only coincidences. WHOLE of the west suffered from what was called by some "Ukraine weariness", because Yanu was wearing down on everyones nerves and nothing ever got actually done. In the end - people of Ukraine got pissed off when the agreement was not signed, not the west.
I understand what for people stood on maidan, and Yanukovich was ashit president like Yeltsin in Russia before. And you can find in internet how maidan people were happy when Yanukovich was forced to sighn all their requirements. It could be peaceful. Many people in Crimea and Donbass were against this maidan, but everything was about peaceful. Why they made this revolution when they reached what they wanted? I think current power just used "Right Sector" to become new power. Russia used it and opened huge propoganda, I don't remember any propoganda before revolution in Russia.
Sincerely - HEAVY anti-maidan reporting in russian media started WAY before the whole culmination happened. So thats first.
Second - I think a lot of people simply did not want to wait for half a year until their lying thieving president finished stealing what he could and dump all the loose threads into deepest lakes. Its a very simple, yet very understandable explanation. Denying it would take some serious proofs IMO.
Third - while Right Sector WAS there - their participation and impact was overblown by none other than russian media. Elections afterwards were very illustrative on that. And someone using them? Either proove it or keep it to yourself. It sounds too much like tin-foil-hat stuff.
So... why Donbass people think that Kiev is a nazi, you can find in this video, it is not russian, ukrainian politic say about why people in Donbass are ready to be annexed by Russia, if you understand Russian, if not I will try to translate what he say later.
I'm sorry, but judging by date its WAY past the crap-lagoon, which was fabricated by russian media, so the "beliefs" of people in those regions were a victory of aggressive russian hybrid war, waged via media first, backed by real military power second. Reporting on those beliefs as being reasonable or objective would be giving russian media the same credit and I would suggest you do neither.
Better question to you: why russia should be waging hybrid war (meaning -media + deniable troops + immitations of local insurgents) on a friendly nation?
On one hand yes, if I were Ukrainian president I would visit Donbass, contact with Putin and find some solutions, I would show russian world that we are friends.
So.. if Poland annexed Konigsberg (or Germany) and then began thinking about returning former Finland lands (pre-WW2) back to the "legitimate family of European Nations", started creating insurgency there, massive media attacks and propaganda bullshit... you being putler... you would visit those former Finland areas, forget about Kaliningrad, and talk about solutions? You really see that happening?
Poroshenko said that he will visit Donbass and will answer all requirements of Donbass, instead of that he didn't visit Donbass but started new wave of ATO(first of all because of that many civilians were killed), used aggresive rhetoric against Russia. Really that was dumb.
Russia must be one of the leading country, but corruption is too much even now. If we would make revolution in Russia, it won't help anyhow.
Sorry, thats your media talking again. I don't see president visiting a war zone being a successful move.
Because revolution in Russia never ended good.
I beg to dissagree. After your last crash - I got to choose where my future is: in russias "friends" list or Europe/NATO. I consider that a good end. Sadly - you and your compatriots chose something else and are now angry at others, who start to rethink their "friends" and previous choices.