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European Union sponsered [sic] uprising[edit]

The most recent 3 edits on June 1st 2022 by an IP user introduced some controversial and unsourced statements to the initial paragraph:

The "statesman" thing discussed previously has been added again;
"protests in support of the European Union" has been changed to "European Union supported protests";
"After rejecting the Ukrainian-European Association Agreement, Yanukovych was ousted from office in the Revolution of Dignity." has been changed to "After rejecting the Ukrainian-European Association Agreement, Yanukovych was ousted from office in an European Union sponsered [sic] uprising.";

In my opinion these changes should be reverted. Vnicolici (talk) 13:35, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As there are no replies, for or against, I'll revert all 3 changes. Vnicolici (talk) 14:02, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Vnicolici (talk) 14:15, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's true! It was a European Union sponsored uprising! Well, a Victoria Nuland sponsored uprising. Nice find, "sponsered"!--FeralOink (talk) 13:38, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2023[edit]

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The below sentences references a quote which is no longer in the page. It also ends with a comma. I propose a simple truncation of the sentence.

Article Location: "Early Childhood & Career" section, first paragraph.

Current: "He endured a very hard childhood about which he has stated,"

Proposed: "He endured a very hard childhood." Joeyboy42 (talk) 14:41, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I restored the quote. It was hidden because the reference was in the quotebox, so I converted it to a simple quotation. --Mvqr (talk) 14:59, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Thank you. Joeyboy42 (talk) 20:09, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Corruption[edit]

In my opinion, The opening paragraph misses the point in relation to this historical figure because it fails to home in on the now undisputed fact that Yanukovych was in the pay of Putin. 95.91.234.173 (talk) 16:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2023[edit]

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Lowie vosp (talk) 11:06, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Actualcpscm (talk) 11:19, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]