2. All 2013 the Ukrainian government has demonstrated a strong commitment to conclude
an Association Agreement with the EU, the signing was scheduled for the summit in
Vilnius, which was planned from 25 to 29 November 2013
This policy has found broad support among a significant portion of the population,
although it had also enemies (eg, Ukrainian Communists)
UKRAINIAN POLICY ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
3. EVROMAYDAN : STARTING PROTESTS
13.11.13 Opposition leaders warned on mass protests, if disrupted the signing of an
Association Agreement with the EU
18.11.13 Yuriy Lutsenko, one of opposition leader, declared their intention to hold a
meeting on November 24 in support of European integration in Kiev
21.11.13
The Ukrainian government decides not to sign an agreement with the
European Union
Kiev district court imposes a ban on any assembly of citizens from November,
21 till January, 7, 2014
In Kiev begin spontaneous rallies in support of European integration.
- # of days of continuous actions - more than 60;
- # of participants - several million people
4. EVENING AND NIGHT FROM 21 TO 22 NOVEMBER 2013 MAYDAN. KIEV
News renouncing Agreement with the European Union distributed social networks, in
the center of Kiev arise spontaneous rallies townspeople, leaders of opposition. # of
participants ~ 1.5 - 2 thous. people. Them do not leave the Maydan until the morning
On this day, much smaller in number of participants also went out on spontaneous rallies
in several other cities of Ukraine: Vinnitsa (500 pers.), Donetsk (about 100 people),
Krivoy Rog (about 70 people), Sumy (about 150 people), Kharkov (about 50 people)
and Chernovtsi (about 50 people)
7. In Kiev held mass demonstrations in the streets of the city came out more than 100
thousand people. At the rally was announced about indefinite protest
24 NOVEMBER 2013, KIEV
8.
9. 24 NOVEMBER 2013, KIEV. CREATION OF A TENT CAMP
Despite the decision of the Kyiv District Administrative Court to ban the installation of
small architectural forms in the center of Kiev until January 7, 2014, representatives of
the united opposition established by Maydane15 army canvas tents and 20 tents.
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Were also set up the first meeting coordination structures: tent camp commandant
was elected Andrew Paruby. Advocacy led Vyacheslav Kirilenko
On the background of the summit in Vilnius from 25 till 28 November,
in the camp is not more than 300 participants. Day came to a place of action,
several thousand citizens
10. MAYDAN FROM 29 TO 39 NOVEMBER
November 28-29 summit was held in Vilnius Eastern Partnership. In the middle of the
day on November 29, it became known that the President of Ukraine has not signed
the association agreement with the EU.
Later in the afternoon on November 29 at the Independence Square (Maidan)
appears police detachment of special purpose "Berkut“. By 4 am on November 30
at the area was no more than 500 protesters, they were mostly students. At this
time the police started crackdown hard rally, there were so many badly beaten and
injured young people, police used plastic (not rubber) clubs. Just dispersal of the
rally was attended by about 300 police special purpose.
11. PROTESTS AFTER POLICE DISPERSED A RALLY 11/30/13
In protest against the police crackdown on the peaceful rally on December 1 Kiev
street protests left 800 000 participants (evaluation of the opposition). Participants of
the rally took several administrative building, which houses the headquarters of the
shares, recreational rally participants, information point, point distribution of warm
clothes, a place to gather funds for legal advice centers help political prisoners. From
Lvov to Kiev organized arrived about 10 thousand inhabitants
14. RADICALIZATION OF PROTEST
Changed the content requirements of the authorities. Without removing the requirements
in support of European integration, the participants of the rally began to nominate a
number of political radical demands - resignation of the government, new parliamentary
and presidential elections.
15. On the square Maidan all time protest action has not been any riots and clashes
with police. It regularly hosts meetings with politicians and public figures.
Clashes with police and burning cars occur outside the tent city on the Maidan.
According to media reports in clashes with police participate nationalist youth
group. Several times between the police and these groups of young people got up
opposition leader Vladimir Klitschko attempts to separate the warring parties
16.
17. In the picture - provocateurs who tried to discredit a peaceful
protest on the "Maidan" in Kiev, committing riots. When this
happened, civil society activists, participants peaceful and non-
violent action on "Maidan", detained them
18.
19.
20. First dead. According to media reports and social
media January 22, died from a gunshot wound
21-year-old Sergei Nigoyan and also Michael
Jiznevsky. It is also reported that the death toll of at
least four people
