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On Nov. 21, 2013, the Moscow-friendly president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, announced he was shelving an agreement to bring the country closer to the European Union and instead would deepen ties with President Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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 emotio
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 protested President Viktor Yanukovychin’s decision to move the country away from the EU and toward Russia. The months-long standoff led to the ouster of Mr. Yanukovychin, and nine years later, an ongoing war with Russia.
"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 momentous change for Ukraine, eventually leading to the current war with Russia.