Vor knapp einem Jahr leitete der Kreml seine Offensive ein, um die Ukraine von einem Abkommen mit der EU abzubringen, das selbst Janukowitsch und seine Partei der Regionen befürworteten.
A little more than a year ago, the Kremlin began its offensive to turn Ukraine away from an EU agreement that was supported even by Yanukovych and his Party of Regions.