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Pro-Russian mayor of city in eastern Ukraine who welcomed Putin’s invasion is found shot dead in the street after being kidnapped from his home (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[–] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yanukovych was removed after losing the confidence of both the people and his party through legal processes already afforded to the Ukrainian legislature.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yanukovych fled to a country that was actively at the same time invading Ukraine derelicting his duties as President.

The Ukrainian legislature then voted to remove him

At which point an election was held and a new president was elected

[–] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for clearing that up, now I understand the point you were raising.