Obama Admin Helped Overthrow Ukraine’s Democracy, Took Control of Intel Services: Benz [WATCH]

Jack Posobiec and Mike Benz argued in a recent exchange that the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine was not an organic popular uprising but a U.S.-backed color revolution that illegally removed the country’s democratically elected president and placed Ukraine under direct Western intelligence influence.

The discussion focused on the removal of President Viktor Yanukovich, who was elected in 2010, and the subsequent installation of a new Ukrainian government following mass protests in Kyiv’s Maidan Square. Posobiec framed the events as a coordinated effort involving U.S. political figures, intelligence agencies, and allied interests hostile to Russia.

“You’re walking through how this Maidan revolution really was a George Floyd style US government-backed color revolution that saw elements of John McCain and Democrats and George Soros all working together to again,” Posobiec said.

“And I just want to be very clear about this. I mean, very, very clear about this to everybody out there that whether or not you liked or supported Vijanikovich, the previous president of Ukraine. He was a democratically elected president of the country. He was elected by the people of Ukraine, and there was no legal process to remove him from power.”

Posobiec continued by asserting that Yanukovich was forced out through U.S. intervention rather than constitutional means.

“He was ousted, he was forced to step down and flee the country by elements of the US government, all in the name of democracy,” he said.

Posobiec linked the events to broader U.S. foreign policy under the Obama administration, citing what he described as open hostility toward Russia from then-President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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“Just that basic understanding that the US government under Obama, at the time, working with Hillary, was targeted and openly stating their hostility towards Russia,” Posobiec said.

He added that this context raised questions about subsequent Russian actions.

“Then when you see the response from Russia, you have to really ask yourselves, was this unprovoked, or perhaps, was there something that caused them to react this way?”

Turning to the aftermath of the Maidan uprising, Posobiec questioned the role of U.S. intelligence in shaping Ukraine’s future governance.

“So the Maidan revolution takes place, the US government gets their hooks in US intelligence bends. What happens next in Ukraine?” he asked.

Benz responded by pointing to reporting from The New York Times that he said detailed how Ukraine’s post-Maidan leadership and intelligence apparatus were directly influenced by U.S. and British officials.

According to Benz, the selection of Ukraine’s new leadership occurred immediately after Yanukovich’s removal.

“Well, so on the topic of the intelligence state, the New York Times actually published that the very night of the very morning after the Maidan Square toppled Viktor Yanukovich and installed Yat Sen Yook in Ukraine,” Benz said.

He claimed that the new leader was chosen through Western intervention rather than by Ukrainian voters.

“He was not elected the new head of state was literally selected in a joint phone call by Victoria Nuland and Geoff Pyatt, who, in very explicit terms, picked the next president of Ukraine, not the Ukrainian people,” Benz said.

Benz described a subsequent New York Times report that examined the rebuilding of Ukraine’s intelligence services after the change in government.

He said the article detailed how Western intelligence agencies moved quickly to take control of Ukraine’s security infrastructure following the overthrow.

“But the very next day, the New York Times, as it as they published in a piece, I believe it was last year or two years ago, they published a reconstruction of Ukraine’s intelligence state,” Benz said.

He explained that the report described the condition of Ukraine’s intelligence headquarters immediately after the events in Kyiv.

“What they said is that the new head of Ukrainian intelligence walked into the building of Ukraine’s Intelligence Center, the day after the coup was complete, and the lights were off, and documents were scattered everywhere,” Benz said.

According to Benz, the newly installed intelligence chief’s first actions involved direct coordination with Western intelligence services.

“And the first thing he did is he placed two phone calls, one to the chief the CIA chief of station, and one to the MI6 chief of station in Ukraine,” Benz said.

Benz concluded that a joint intelligence partnership was established immediately following Yanukovich’s removal.

“And a three-way partnership was struck the very day after the coup to rebuild Ukraine’s intelligence state from the ground up as a three-way partnership between Ukraine, the CIA, and MI6,” he said.

“So not only did the Obama administration and the British government overthrow the democratically elected Government of Ukraine,” Benz added, “but then they immediately took control through the CIA and MI6 of the intelligence services in Ukraine from the ground up.”

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.@MikeBenzCyber to @JackPosobiec: “Not only did the Obama administration and the British government overthrow the democratically elected government of Ukraine, but then they immediately took control through the CIA and MI6 of the intelligence services in Ukraine.” pic.twitter.com/WA8ec7wr16

— Human Events (@HumanEvents) December 31, 2025

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