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> That is Ilyin was attempting to deploy military units against the civilian protesters already being suppressed by AK-47 armed police forces.

Against the _armed_ nationalists who have seized weapons

A coup remains a coup

> No, the military did not try to stage a coup

I never mentioned "staging a coup", further evidence that you are the one cherry-picking a narrative, this is revisionism

> as the Crimea and Donbas region were directly invaded by russian military and paramilitary units

What happened in that region prior to that doesn't matter now? How convenient for your narrative :)



Against the _armed_ nationalists who have seized weapons

People who were massacred were armed with Molotovs at best, there's actual video footage. Wish they had at least semi-auto weapons, this whole situation is a great argument for broad civilian gun ownership.

I never mentioned "staging a coup", further evidence that you are the one cherry-picking a narrative, this is revisionism

You have no idea what coup d'état means, do you?

What happened in that region prior to that doesn't matter now?

Nothing really happened there prior to that.




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