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The Ukraine has been turned into a vassal state by western imperialism. The industrial sector dismantled, it’s an agricultural colony in the very way that the Germans imagined it during WW1. The CIA has toppled the government in the name of western imperial ambitions multiple times.

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This is similar to another claim posted here about Ukraine's supposed status as a colony following a US-backed coup. Ukraine's 2014 Revolution (the "Euromaidan") resulted from widespread domestic protests against President Yanukovych's abandonment of an EU association agreement in favor of closer ties with Russia, as reported in this Reuters timeline. Parliament voted to remove Yanukovych following violent clashes, and no credible evidence shows a U.S. "colony" was installed or that the change of government was initiated by the CIA. A New York Times report does document the CIA's partnership with Ukraine against Russia, but this partnership appears to have begun in 2016, and I can find no reference of the unnamed other 'coups' that the claim references. The CIA coup narrative is a known Russian disinformation tactic, as noted in this report by the ZBW, a German economic research organization. Ukraine has remained a sovereign republic with its own elected government ever since the Euromaidan.

Further, though it's true that Ukraine's growth has faltered in recent years, this appears to be due to infrastructural damage caused by the ongoing war, not by deliberate Western dismantling. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) notes that "while 2023 growth in Ukraine – an agriculture superpower – had been supported by a record harvest, recent war damage to the country's electricity infrastructure was among factors seen likely to constrain further growth in 2024."

Additionally, GMK, a European consulting company for iron and steel, says that despite the fact that "the slowdown in growth of the Ukrainian economy in 2024 was affected by a low harvest, weaker-than-expected external demand, intensification of hostilities and intensified strikes on energy and other critical infrastructure, and tougher staff shortages," exports and imports of goods and services are still expected to grow by 7% and 3.7%, respectively, in 2025, countering the narrative that its industry is completely gutted.

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