The only coup was the one which overthrew Yanukovych mate, and that sure as hell wasn't a coup led by the Russians.
In the areas of Kharkiv right now for anyone being of Russian ancestry/sympathy - especially so if you have worked under the occupation for any institution under Russian control is going to lead to a lot of 'dissapeared' civilians. Magnify that ten fold for the areas with a huge ethnic Russian population should they be retaken.
Note,nothing in this post is apologizing for anything done, it's saying that not looking at the full picture of what is and will happen is ignoring lessons of history - the exact same as in WW2, the Nazis rolled through - killed pro Russians, the Russians later in the war took the area back and killed pro Germans.
The same thing undoubtedly is occuring now (on both sides) - but only one of these is being reported by ANY main stream media. Pretty much every story being filed on this is from a reporter sat in Kiev, or in an office in Europe, which means Ukraine completely control the narrative of what is seen how it is seen and who they allow access to it. That shouldn't sit well with anyone wanting to know what is really occurring.
Will take years after this is all over for the full truth of events to come out, if they ever fully do.
It's 8 years on from the Odessa trade union house and 40+ pro Russian men, women, children being locked inside and burnt alive by Azov, and people are buying their branded merchandise on line thinking they're cool. So yeah not too optimistic about people waking up