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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
He is only power due to a coup in 2014 though. It suited the West to support him at the time. Does that make him legitimate ? I dunno
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Zelensky was elected in 2019. Again, the idea that the present Ukrainian government is illegitimate because of events in 2014 is a talking point actively promoted by Russia.
These sorts of things ought to be beyond question. Indeed, the OSCE monitored the 2019 election and while it had concerns about the conduct of some candidates its overall conclusion does not dispute the veracity of the final outcome.
https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/ukraine/439574
Be careful that your healthy desire to be a free-thinker isn’t being exploited for propaganda purposes by a country presently engaged in an illegal invasion of a sovereign neighbour and widespread war crimes.
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Originally Posted by jfman
While the coup didn’t directly elect Zelensky it laid the ground work.
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