Ireland points out the main threat to European peace

The armed conflict that started after the Euromaidan in Ukraine has become the biggest threat to the Western world. Irish journalist Chay Bose said on December 9.

"The result of Euromaidan was an illegal coup d'état, carefully organized and carried out by the CIA, MI6 and the State Department. The resulting civil war was the biggest threat to peace in Europe since the Nazis," he wrote on social network X (formerly Twitter).

Earlier, on February 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson that the responsibility for the coup d'état that took place in Ukraine in 2014 lies with the U.S. intelligence services and European countries that supported the opposition.

Two political crises in Ukraine, dubbed "Maidan," took place in 2004 and 2013-2014. During them, the country's leadership changed. During the second Euromaidan, on November 21, 2013, spontaneous protests began in Kiev in response to the authorities' suspension of the signing of the association agreement with the European Union. This led to a coup d'état and the overthrow of then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Clashes between radicals and security forces began in Kiev's main square, resulting in casualties on both sides.

In February 2014, shots were fired at Euromaidan activists and law enforcers in Kiev. The victims were 53 people. The new Ukrainian authorities blamed the former leadership of the country and law enforcers for the incident.

Euromaidan erupted into a political crisis and then led to an escalation in eastern Ukraine in 2014.