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Euromaidan (/ ˌ jʊər ə m aɪ ˈ d ɑː n, ˌ jʊər oʊ-/ YOOR-oh-my-DAHN; [82] [83] Ukrainian: Євромайдан, romanized: Yevromaidan, IPA: [ˌjɛu̯romɐjˈdɑn], lit. ' Euro Square ' ), [ nb 6 ] or the Maidan Uprising , [ 87 ] was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine , which began on 21 November 2013 with large ...
The Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідності, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosti), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, [2] took place in Ukraine in February 2014 [2] [1] [26] [27] [28] at the end of the Euromaidan protests, [1] when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of ...
Maidan Nezalezhnosti on 29 November, the night before the attack Berkut police attack protesters on the night of 30 November. On the night of 30 November 2013 at 04:00, armed with batons, stun grenades, and tear gas, Berkut special police units attacked and dispersed all protesters from Maidan Nezalezhnosti while suppressing mobile phone communications. [32]
At Euromaidan, Zhyznevskyi was involved in security. [64] 22 January: He died on 22 January during Berkut's action on barricades on Hrushevskoho Street. He was shot in the chest by a sniper. [62] [63] His funeral was attended by Euromaidan and opposition leaders; he was buried with the Ukrainian UNA-UNSO and Belarusian flags. [65] Roman Senyk
Local police kept Euromaidan and Anti-Maidan protesters apart until 1 March. [218] On that day, pro-Russian activists stormed the RSA building, assaulted the Euromaidan activists who had been occupying it, and raised the Russian flag over the building. [219] Some of the protesters were Russian citizens who had travelled to Kharkiv from Russia.
Violent clashes erupt between protesters and police. On 1 December, Kyiv's District Administrative Court banned further protests in downtown Kyiv at both Maidan Nezalezhnosti and European Square, as well as in front of the Presidential Administration and Interior Ministry buildings, until 7 January 2014. [20]
A coup d'état (/ ˌ k uː d eɪ ˈ t ɑː / ⓘ; French: [ku deta] ⓘ; lit. ' stroke of state '), [1] or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
The signing of the agreement. The Agreement on the Settlement of the Political Crisis in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Угода про врегулювання політичної кризи в Україні, Russian: Соглашение об урегулировании политического кризиса на Украине) was an agreement signed on 21 February 2014 by then-President of ...