Feb 2014: FSB General Sergei Beseda, dispatched to Kyiv to quell Euromaidan, advises Yanukovych to deploy army & crush protests. Instead, Yanukovych flees Kyiv
Putin sees Euromaidan as a US coup, in all-night meeting decides to annex Crimea
Invasion of Donbas

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