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This paper reads as a conspiracy theory. No peer review, dramatic conclusions, logical leaps abound. A quick google search reveals the author has an axe to grind against the current government of Ukraine.

This was flagged early today, but it appears some folks have vouched for it. Weird

> were massacred by Maidan snipers located in Maidan-controlled buildings and areas

Nothing to see here. Just naked propaganda.

> overthrow of the Ukrainian government and spiraled into a civil war in Donbas

There was no "overthrow". President, prime minister, other members of the government disappeared (later appeared in Russia), so fail-safe mechanisms, already present in the law, were enacted.

There was no "civil war" -- it was Russian invasion from the start.