A coup d'état occurred in Kiev, Ukraine, in late August 2016, carried out by a faction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and supported by politicians of the Ukrainian opposition. Military officers, dissatisfied with the corruption and incompetence of the Government of Ukraine, seized control of key government buildings in Kiev on 24 August 2016. President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman were both arrested at their residences, along with many other high-ranking officials. Fighting against pro-government forces and police continued on 25 August, with thousands of civilian protestors coming out onto the streets to support the uprising. It was not until early evening of the next day that the coup faction's troops took full control of the capital. The ringleader of the coup,
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| - A coup d'état occurred in Kiev, Ukraine, in late August 2016, carried out by a faction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and supported by politicians of the Ukrainian opposition. Military officers, dissatisfied with the corruption and incompetence of the Government of Ukraine, seized control of key government buildings in Kiev on 24 August 2016. President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman were both arrested at their residences, along with many other high-ranking officials. Fighting against pro-government forces and police continued on 25 August, with thousands of civilian protestors coming out onto the streets to support the uprising. It was not until early evening of the next day that the coup faction's troops took full control of the capital. The ringleader of the coup,
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| Commander
| - Petro Poroshenko
- Arsen Avakov
- Ihor Shpak
- Mykola Lytvyn
- Oleksandr Kuzmuk
- Stepan Poltorak
- Viktor Muzhenko
- Volodymyr Groisman
- Yuriy Boyko
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- 78(xsd:integer)
- 232(xsd:integer)
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| Result
| - Coup faction victory
*President Poroshenko and other officials arrested
*Ukrainian Transitional Government proclaimed
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| - A coup d'état occurred in Kiev, Ukraine, in late August 2016, carried out by a faction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and supported by politicians of the Ukrainian opposition. Military officers, dissatisfied with the corruption and incompetence of the Government of Ukraine, seized control of key government buildings in Kiev on 24 August 2016. President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman were both arrested at their residences, along with many other high-ranking officials. Fighting against pro-government forces and police continued on 25 August, with thousands of civilian protestors coming out onto the streets to support the uprising. It was not until early evening of the next day that the coup faction's troops took full control of the capital. The ringleader of the coup, General of the Army Oleksandr Kuzmuk, proclaimed the creation of a Ukrainian Transitional Government on 27 August 2016.
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