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In late November 2013, President Viktor Yanukovych announced he was suspending an agreement to bring the country closer to the European Union and instead would deepen ties with President Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Ten years ago, Ukrainians took to the streets to protest a decision by their Moscow-friendly president to move the country away from the European Union and toward Russia. The demonstrations in Independence Square began a standoff that lasted for months before police cracked down. In all, more than 100 people were killed. The president then fled to Russia, but Moscow later struck back by annexing the Crimean Peninsula and destabilizing eastern Ukraine by supporting separatists who waged an armed conflict in Donbas. Then President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that cont...
Ten years ago, Ukrainians took to the streets to protest a decision by their Moscow-friendly president to move the country away from the European Union and toward Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — It happens every November, when the cold descends on Kyiv. The change in weather always makes Dmytro Riznychenko think back, and he is overwhelmed by his emotions. “This is where it truly began,” Riznychenko said, walking through central Kyiv’s Independence Square recently, reflecting on the uprising that unleashed a decade of […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — It happens every November, when the cold descends on Kyiv. The change in weather always makes Dmytro Riznychenko think back, and he is overwhelmed by his