The academic paper: The Far Right in Ukraine During the “Euromaidan” and the War in Donbas linked immediately below explains the violent role Neo-Nazis played in overthrowing Ukraine's internationally recognized democratically elected president who had been largely voted in to office in 2010 due to overwhelming support from Eastern Ukrainian provinces such as Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkov and Crimea.
FarRightinUkraineduringtheEuromaidanandtheWarinDonbasAPSA
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It was the violent overthrow of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovychthat that led to Russian speaking/Russian heritage provinces seceding from Ukraine and or welcoming annexation by Russia in 2014.