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https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1500152950102151169As many have noted, simultaneous peaceful protests and armed resistance very often lead to massive over reaction against the peaceful protesters. This is exacerbated in Ukraine by the presence of the territorial defense and other volunteers. Mistakes are easy in this situation 2/
https://twitter.com/mewalters101/status/1266923044641136641Based on the images/videos/testimonies, it would be easy to describe the police as waging war on the protesters. But I want to resist that - because it just feeds into this false narrative. Describing police attacks as “war” still implies protesters are a threat and insurgents 2/