Chronology of Euromaidan . Photos, videos.

22 December 2013

admin1987 — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 05:43:25 +0000

Another “Popular Assembly” took place, where it was announced about an establishment of the People’s Union “Independence.” (“Maidan”). Co-chairpersons of the Union “Maidan” became Oleg Tyahnibok, Sergei Kvit, Vitali Klitschko, Yuri Lutsenko, Ruslana Lizhischko, Yulia Tymoshenko and Aseni Yatsenyuk. The rally was also attended by a number of Russian opposition activists – Ilya Yashin, Konstantin Borovoy and other Russian public figures. Coordinators of AntiMaidan announced that they will go on Christmas and New Year holidays and will come back to work again after them.

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19 December 2013

admin1987 — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 05:42:09 +0000

After a brief rest the riots continued. With only difference that this day protesters actions were more like a well-planned action than a spontaneous protest. Groups of protesters act balanced and in cold blood. They are armed with Molotov cocktails and bludgeons, wearing gas masks and respirators.
Verkhovna Rada voted for release from the criminal prosecution of riots participants. 339 deputies voted for the opposition bill.

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18 December 2013

admin1987 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:41:10 +0000

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Azarov called this agreement between Russia and Ukraine historic. He said that Moscow had saved Kiev from financial collapse.

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13 – 18 December 2013

admin1987 — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:33:12 +0000

Many people want to hush up that fact that together with Euromaidan actions on the European Square in Kiev there were AntiMaidan actions against Ukraine’s entry into European Union, people there were standing to support president Yanukovich. Its number were not less than EuroMaidan’s one, but it wa a peaceful action, where were gathering ordinary people, not right radicals, like on the European Square. And maybe that’s why worlds mass media’s attention was focused only on the radical sentiments of Euromaidan’s activists. (Maybe because of more terrible scenes there). So, let’s not forget this very important fact. People of AntiMAidan were standing there on the other Square the same time as well as their opponents, but they were attracting much less attention to their actions and demands. For example, December 14, 2013 Party of Regions (President Yanukovich Party) organized a rally in support of the president and government on the European Square in Kiev, which was attended by 60.000 participants. The official motto of the rally was “Let’s save our UkraineParty’s leaders including the Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov held speech in front of people.

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17 December 2013

admin1987 — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:34:33 +0000

Until that day, Russia has been maintaining neutrality, not interfering into Ukrainian reality. Today Vladimir Putin today met with Viktor Yanukovych in Moscow. The result of the meeting was an agreement between Russia and Ukraine about repurchasing Ukrainian state bonds in sum of $ 15 billion dollars. Russia also agreed to reduce the gas price for Ukrainian.

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11 December 2013

admin1987 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:31:22 +0000

After one p.m. “Berkut” fighters, the internal forces and the utility service workers moved from the adjacent streets on barricaded square. They broke through from the European Square and using shields, began peaceful displacement of protesters and the demolition of the barricades. The policemen were pushing people from the Mikhailovskaya and Institustskaya streets, as well as from the European Square. Khreschatyk was cleared from the barricades till the street of Gorodetskogo. Subway station in the city center were closed. By 7 a.m. the number of protesters, standing near to police forces grew from about 3,000 to 15,000 people, which allowed resist MVD troops who tried to enter adjacent the Trade Unions House, where there was Euromaidan’s headquarter. Although, these attempts to assault the building as well as night assault barricaded inside the building of the Kiev city administration failed. Berkut fighters, suffering from 12 degree of frost, pouring with water from City Hall, had to withdraw. Eleven hours of continuous confrontation, while the number of protesters reached 25,000 people, the Interior Ministry troops finally left Euromaidan.
!!! Strategically important target of the protesters was the Home of Unions. Give it up was equal to committing suicide. According to the statements of witnesses and some political observers, inside of the House of Unions were occurring really terrible things like tortures and murders.
In the afternoon, Euromaidan’s participants restored and strengthened the barricades. Viktor Yanukovych held a roundtable discussion with the opposition.

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10 December 2013

admin1987 — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 05:30:05 +0000

Opponents of the current government put up strong resistance to police officers who were trying to comply with the decision of the Shevchenko district court of Kiev, which banned blocking government buildings in Ukraine and inhibit statemens’ activity. Euromaidan’s supporters barricaded indoors of Kiev city state administration deliberately provoked the police to use force (they threw stones to police officers from the windows and poured them with water from hydrants). In this situation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine had to withdraw special police forces from the hold building.

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9 December 2013

admin1987 — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 05:28:39 +0000

In the morning, about 300 protesters came to the building of the General Attorney’s Office and more than 50 of them organized lying strike in front of the building.
On the 7th of December Berkut managed to break through Special Forces building in Vasilkovo earlier locked by the activists and went to Kiev.
By the evening, special forces officers forced the protesters back to the Luteranskaya street, Shelkovishnaya St. In the Kresotnoy lane, near to Minister Cabinet office they emptied Luteranskaya and Kruglouniversitetskaya streets. At night police demolished protesters tents in the Grushovskogo street and Krepostnaya lane (Don oficerov), releasing from street protesters Bogomoltsev Street.
“Fatherland” party office has been visited by armed SBU officers who confiscated servers and searched the office.
!!!Next Activity U.S. and the European Union politicians after security forces attemts to drive back the protesters and demolition of the tent camp, as well as a search in “Fatherland” party office of Arseni Yatsenyuk causes vigilance. But it’s up to you to judge …
Six members of the European Parliament (People’s Party group) claimed European politicians immediately oppose possible violent dispersal of the Maidan protesters. Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton arrived to Kiev. She held talks with Viktor Yanukovych, making clear EU position on resolving all issues peacefully. U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland also arrived to Maidan Square. The next day there was an appointed roundtable between the government and the opposition. Supposing peaceful solution and also because of 9 degrees of frost outside, most of protesters left the Square and went home to have rest. At night there were only about 1 thousand people on the Maidan Square. Another 1,5-2 thousand of people moved to different building in the centre of Kiev.

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8 December 2013

admin1987 — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 05:14:32 +0000

The third “Popular Assembly” took place. By the evening of the 8th of December, at least 15 civil self-defense forces units were organized from the number of protesters on the Independence Square called as “hundreds.”

The protesters began to construct barricades in Grushovskaya street on the approaches to the building of the Minister’s Cabinet. Ultimatums demanding the resignation of the government sound more and more tough. SBU opened criminal case under part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code (Actions aimed at the forcible change of power or change of the constitutional order, or the seizure of state power). In the evening, a group of vandals had demolished a statue of Lenin, which was set on the Bessarabia Square in 1946. The party of “Freedom” took all responsibility for the action. Although later party’s “leaders” reject it. However, instead of demolished statue was set the Ukrainian flag and a red-black banner of Ukrainian right radicals.

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7 December 2013

admin1987 — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 05:13:26 +0000

Police reinforced Kiev Telecentre security to avoid it from being captured by the opposition. Mikheil Saakashvili visited the Maidan Square.

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