Ukraine Crisis – The Euromaidan
Update 09/10 Dic. 2013
Protesters evacuation in Kiev begins
The planned evacuation of barricades erected by the anti-government protesters begins during the night. After the violent episodes of December 1st, authorities chose to follow a soft line giving up on the use of brute force against the Ukrainians during the first round of the planned evacuations. Many international leaders appealed to the president Viktor Janukovyč to observe international human rights during the operations, which involved the dismantle of barricades in the government district. 09 December 2013. Kiev, Ukraine
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Update 09 Dic. 2013
Ukrainian protesters prepare to resist the forced evacuation
Bitten by a cold snap, The Ukrainian Capital prepares tonight for a predictably violent attack of the police against the protester occupying Independence Square and blocking all the government buildings. The police is expected to forcedly evacuate and clean the streets from the protesters who are preparing to resist behind the barricades by all means.
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Update 08 Dic. 2013
Weekly report from Kiev. The March of the Million
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Barricades built around Independence square in Kiev.
Protesters fell Lenin statue, vow Ukraine’s president Yanukovich will be next.
The statue of Lenin on Boulevard of Shevchenko in Kiev has been torn down by a group of nationalists, as protests against current government and president Yanukovich spread around the country. Many Ukrainians believe that this action was carefully planned by Ukrainian and Russian government to provoke the opposition party and to raise the conflict between East and West of Ukraine. December 2013. Kiev, Ukraine
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UnFrame Photographer Mstysav Chernov is currently documenting from Kiev, Ukraine, where tens of thousands of people have been marching to Kiev’s Independence Square, defying the ban imposed a day earlier and demanding the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich, calling new elections.
Yuri V. Lutsenko, a former interior minister and a leader of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004, warmed up the crowd with his words: “This is not a protest; this is a revolution!”
The public’s anger deepened by the brutal force used by the police to disperse protesters on Sunday, when demonstrators stormed the Kiev city council building, clashing with deployments of riot police guarding the building. Smoke bombs and stun grenades were set off, and the police responded with tear gas.
All Photographs and text by Mstyslav Chernov
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