Aggressors may initiate, sponsor, and covertly coordinate a violent change of power in the colonized society. By overthrowing the legitimate government using the forces of internal opposition, radical groups, or recruited military officers, the colonizer artificially creates a political crisis. This allows it to swiftly install a puppet regime without having to launch an open, full-scale military intervention.
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C0095 | Attempted Coup d'État by the GKChP (August 1991) |
Armed seizure of power by the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP) to derail the signing of the treaty on the Union of Sovereign States and preserve centralized control over the republics[1]. |
| C0101 | Continuation of the Russo-Ukrainian War: Armed Aggression in the Donbas (2014–2015) |
An attempted armed seizure of power in the spring of 2014 through the storming of regional administrations in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk by externally instigated separatists. In Kharkiv, the coup was quickly suppressed by Ukrainian law enforcement[2]. |
| S0008 | Government |
Armed seizure of power by the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP) to derail the signing of the treaty on the Union of Sovereign States and preserve centralized control over the republics[1]. |
| G0011 | Russian Federation |
An attempted armed seizure of power in the spring of 2014 through the storming of regional administrations in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk by externally instigated separatists. In Kharkiv, the coup was quickly suppressed by Ukrainian law enforcement[2]. |
| S0017 | Secret Police and Security Services |
An attempted armed seizure of power in the spring of 2014 through the storming of regional administrations in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk by externally instigated separatists. In Kharkiv, the coup was quickly suppressed by Ukrainian law enforcement[2]. |
| G0010 | USSR |
Armed seizure of power by the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP) to derail the signing of the treaty on the Union of Sovereign States and preserve centralized control over the republics[1]. |