Fact check
Is it true: Euromaidan False-Flag Claims?
There's no solid evidence for it.
The claim that the February 20, 2014 Maidan shootings were a false flag staged by Western governments or Ukrainian ultranationalists is unsubstantiated. The Council of Europe's advisory panel and an October 2023 Kyiv court verdict both point to government security forces, including Berkut riot police, as responsible for the deaths they examined. Some shooters remain unidentified, but that gap does not show the massacre was staged.
The claim
Claims that Euromaidan violence was staged or orchestrated by Western intelligence rather than arising from Ukrainian political conflict and security-force actions.
Key evidence
Snipers fired on both protesters and police on February 20, 2014
Council of Europe IAP attributed protester deaths to Berkut and government forces
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