Used and discarded.”. We did not have much choice. Police reports claimed 5,000 attended to support the government, to only 60 from Euromaidan. Automaidan was the repeated target of violent attacks by government forces and supporters. Under the motto "Ленінопад" (Leninopad, translated into English as "Leninfall"), activists pulled down a dozen monuments in the Kyiv region, Zhytomyr, Chmelnitcki, and elsewhere, or damaged them during the course of the EuroMaidan protests into spring of 2014. Yanukovych was also charged with asking Vladimir Putin to send Russian troops to invade Ukraine after he had fled the country. I want to stress that the cartridges which were used to commit the murders were not used by, and are not in use of, the police. (New Eastern Outlook) – “ Gunfire aimed at protesters on Kiev’s Independence Square, also known as the Maidan, was delivered in winter 2014 by the mercenaries who had arrived in Kiev for the purpose of organizing disorders,” lawyer Alexander Goroshinsky told 112.Ukraina channel on Tuesday, as reported in Tass on December 13th. The percentage of people who do not support the protesters was 81% in East Ukraine, 60% in South Ukraine[nb 11], in Central Ukraine 27% and in Western Ukraine 11%. READ MORE: Reuters investigation exposes ‘serious flaws’ in Maidan massacre probe And where? Introduction. [275], Along with Mr. Parubiy's force, there are some "independent" divisions of enforcers (some of them are also referred to as sotnias and even self-defence), like the security of the Trade Unions Building until 2 January 2014,[276] Narnia and Vikings from Kyiv City State Administration,[277] Volodymr Parasyuk's sotnia from Conservatory building,[278][279] etc. "[289] On 31 January 2014 during a live broadcast on television channel "Rossiya", the far-right Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky expressed threats towards the protesting events in Kyiv stating the following: Today our client in Kyiv, the honored Viktor Federovych Yanukovych, he will show you the heat when the Olympiad ends. The number of riot police on Hrushevskoho Street increased after buses and army trucks showed up. [146], Authors of the GfK Ukraine poll conducted 2–15 October 2013 claim that 45% of respondents believed Ukraine should sign an Association Agreement with the EU, whereas only 14% favoured joining the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, and 15% preferred non-alignment. by Gordon M. Hahn. [140] Polls also showed that the nation was divided in age: while a majority of young people were pro-EU, older generations (50 and above) more often preferred the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. "[346][347] German chancellor Angela Merkel said she deemed Nuland's comment "completely unacceptable". “It was supposed to be dawn,” Zalogy remembers, “when I heard the sound of the shots … they were not bursts, they were single strokes … came from the next room. Also, they brought "democracy in coffin" to the city hall, as a present to Yanukovych. [164], In a Skype interview with media analyst Andrij Holovatyj, Vitaly Portnikov, Council Member of the "Maidan" National Alliance and President and Editor-in-Chief of the Ukrainian television channel TVi, stated "EuroMaidan is a revolution and revolutions can drag on for years" and that "what is happening in Ukraine goes much deeper. Russia did not. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Images As demonstrations gave way to rioting in January 2014, Yanukovych signed a series of laws restricting the right to protest, and hundreds of thousands took to … [385][386][387], Among other tunes, some remakes of the Ukrainian folk song "Aflame the pine was on fire" appeared (Ukrainian: Горіла сосна, палала). 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Maidan Massacre is an investigative documentary into the shootings which occurred on February 20th, 2014, when nearly 50 people were gunned down on the streets of Kiev's Independence square. [376] Standard & Poor's analysts believed the compromise deal of the same day between President Yanukovych and the opposition made it "less likely Ukraine would receive desperately needed Russian aid, thereby increasing the risk of default on its debts". [100] It soon became popular in the international media. Many protesters ignored the face concealment ban by wearing party masks, hard hats and gas masks. ", "Was Yanukovych's Ouster Constitutional? © Center for Syncretic Studies 2014 - 2021 - Fort Russ. For example, the General Prosecutor of Ukraine Vitaly Yarema is known for hitting a traffic policeman in the face during the protests,[303] which he denied,[304] but a video of the incident appeared later and confirmed his involvement in the attack. The worst moment will be in the morning of February 20th. [221] Similarly, police in Odessa ignored calls to stop the demolition of Euromaidan camps in the city by a group of 30, and instead removed all parties from the premises. [284] Medics confirmed bullet wounds to be from firearms such as a Dragunov sniper rifle (7.62mm) and possibly a Makarov handgun (9mm) in the deaths of Nihoyan and Zhyznevskyi. The organisers planned to continue this rally 'till the 3rd Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 28–29 November 2013. The largest took place on 8 December in New York, with over 1,000 attending. “Our task, Alexander explains, was to arrange provocations to push the police to charge the crowd. [371], On 18 December, the day after an economical agreement with Russia was signed, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov stated, "Nothing is threatening stability of the financial-economic situation in Ukraine now. "The wounded that we treated, all had the same type of bullet wounds. [5][340] The poll showed that 49.8% of the protesters are residents of Kyiv and 50.2% came from elsewhere in Ukraine. Reuters investigation exposes ‘serious flaws’ in Maidan massacre probe 10 Oct, 2014 20:45 . The Molotovs, the shields and the sticks were used to the maximum.”, But in mid-February, clashes around Maidan begin to get worse. [295], In total, more than 100 people were killed and 2,500 injured in clashes with security forces. The motorcade was stopped a couple of hundred metres short of his residence. Afterwards, the parliament removed Yanukovych from office, replaced the government with Oleksandr Turchynov, and ordered that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko be released from prison. Усі, хто", "Кличко: Зберемо 100 000 і підемо в гості на Банкову", "Юрій Луценко: У нас дві дороги – у в'язницю або до перемоги", "EuroMaidan vs. Orange Revolution, PR Magocsi (ЄвроМайдан)", In Ukraine, Protests Highlight 'Generational Rift'. It is three months the Maidan square, in the heart of the capital, has been filled with protestors; who’ve been demanding the government and president, Victor Yanukovych, to sign an association agreement with the European Union. [312] A German TV investigation met one of the few doctors that treated the wounded of both sides. Lviv-based historian Yaroslav Hrytsak also remarked on the generational shift, This is a revolution of the generation that we call the contemporaries of Ukraine's independence (who were born around the time of 1991); it is more similar to the Occupy Wall Street protests or those in Istanbul demonstrations (of this year). This version seemed suspicious to many. On 4 March 2014, a mass pro-Euromaidan rally was held in Donetsk for the first time. When Mamulashvili arrived, I also asked him. By Ivan Katchanovski Special to Consortium News Five years ago, the Maidan massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, of Feb. 18-20, 2014. [14] In the Russophone cities of Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk, protesters also tried to take over their local government building, and were met with considerable force from both police and government supporters.[14]. Despite the ousting of Yanukovych,[86] the installation of a new government, and the adoption of the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement's political provisions, the protests have sustained pressure on the government to reject Russian influence in Ukraine. [242] The statue made out of stone was completely hacked to pieces by jubilant demonstrators. American mercenary Brian Christopher Boyenger ran the “On February 18, recalls Zalogy, someone took some weapons to my room. [361], In the wake of the 2014 Euromaidan, Eduard Dolinsky, executive director of the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Jewish Committee, expressed concern over the rise of antisemitism in Ukraine in an opinion for the New York Times, citing the social acceptance of previously marginal far-right groups and the government's policy of historical negationism with regard to antisemetic views of, and collaboration in the Holocaust by Ukrainian nationalists. The massacre was the result of a massive three month long protest against the former Government of Viktor Yanukovich and his decision to reject a trade deal with the EU. They later marched, shouting "Ukraine is Europe" and "Revolution". We had to direct and guide it using the same pattern used for the “Pink Revolution”, Alexander’s version is no different. On 27 February armed men seized the Crimean parliament and raised the Russian flag. The lowest support for European integration was among people with incomplete secondary and higher education.[147]. [137] 43% Of those polled thought that Euromaidan's consequences "sooner could be negative", while 31% of the respondents thought the opposite; 17% believed that Euromaidan would bring no negative consequences. [227] Like in Kyiv, they locked hands in a human chain, symbolically linking Ukraine to the European Union (organisers claimed that some 100 people even crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border to extend the chain to the European Union). [392], Belarusian rock band Lyapis Trubetskoy's song "Warriors of Light" (Voiny Svieta) was one of the unofficial anthems of Maidan. There was no legal basis for these bans since in Ukraine only a court can ban the activities of a political force. The cessation of political repressions against EuroMaidan activists, students, civic activists and opposition leaders. The intercepted phone call, published widely by the Russian media, is disconcerting. [243] In Ternopil, Euromaidan organisers were prosecuted by authorities. It is changing the national fabric of Ukraine. This mass killing of the protesters and the mass shooting of the 38% Of the protesters are aged between 15 and 29, 49% are aged between 30 and 54, and 13% are 55 or older. [140], In a poll taken on 7–8 December, 73% of protesters had committed to continue protesting in Kyiv as long as needed until their demands were fulfilled. The protests were sparked by the Ukrainian government's decision to suspend the signing of an association agreement with the European Union, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. And we see the effects today. [144], According to an August 2013 study by a Donetsk company, Research & Branding Group,[145] 49% of Ukrainians supported signing the Association Agreement, while 31% opposed it and the rest had not decided yet. “Mamuka first asked me if I was really a trained sniper, Alexander recalls, [then] he immediately told me he needed me in Kiev to pick some places.”. The bullets were reported to be special armour-piercing 12-gauge shotgun projectiles, likely developed and produced by the Spetstekhnika (Specialized Equipment) design bureau, a facility located in Kyiv and associated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[299]. Protests on 8 December saw record turnout in many Ukrainian cities, including several in eastern Ukraine. On 31 January, a video from 22 January 2014 was published that showed policemen in Berkut uniforms intentionally firing at a medic who raised his hands. And there were packages of cartridges. [404][405], On 19 February, the Ukrainian athletes competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics asked for and were refused permission by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to wear black arm bands to honour those killed in the violent clashes in Kyiv. [263][264], Starting on 23 January, several Western Ukrainian Oblast (province) Governor buildings and regional councils (RSA's[nb 10]) were occupied by Euromaidan activists. Since 1 December 2013 Kyiv's Town Hall has been occupied by Euromaidan-protesters; this forced the. Why H.G. On February 18th the clashes have become bloody, with about 30 casualties. It was made up mainly of drivers who would protect the protest camps and blockade streets. [5][339], In the eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv, 29% of the population believe "In certain circumstances, an authoritarian regime may be preferable to a democratic one. Some 40 journalists were injured during the staged assault at Bankova Street on 1 December 2013. [106][nb 7] In the months leading up to the protests Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych urged the parliament to adopt laws so that Ukraine would meet the EU's criteria. Дополняется, "Clashes rage as 100,000 Ukrainians demand EU pact", "Medics were short on account of beat up police personnel (Медики недосчитались побитых демонстрантами милиционеров)", "Ukraine's Euromaidan: What's in a name? “While Nergadze and Zalogy assisted in arms distribution at the hotel, Alexander Revazishvilli and other volunteers went to the Conservatory, another building overlooking the square. On 31 January 2014, Vitali Sakal, first deputy chief of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's Main Investigative Directorate told a press conference that "[w]e are pursuing several lines of inquiry into these murders, including [that they may have been committed] by Berkut (special police unit) officers. They have no such cartridges," said first deputy chief of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's Main Investigative Directorate. Returning from a trip to Kiev only 5 days after the massacre, [Paet] reported in a phone call to EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, revelations from a Ukrainian doctor who examined the cadavers of Maidan square. Which location were the shots fired [from]? All of the detained are officers of the Kyiv City Berkut unit, and verified the involvement of the SBU's Alfa Group in the shootings. Here, in his book, Biden is referring to the infamous Maidan Massacre that took place on Feb. 20, 2014, the flashpoint of the civil war in Ukraine. [227][228], On 1 December, the largest rally outside of Kyiv took place in Lviv by the statue of Taras Shevchenko, where over 50,000 protesters attended. In the center of a European capitol over one hundred police and demonstrators had been shot to death and hundreds more wounded. They pulled them out and handed them over to the various groups. On February 18, in a video made that day, a rifle locked in a car was recorded with video taken by a demonstrator, showing an automatic rifle. [310] A spokesperson for the US state department described the leaking of the call as an example of "Russian tradecraft". [125] The same day IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Jerome Vacher stated that this particular IMF loan is worth US$4 billion and that it would be linked with "policy, which would remove disproportions and stimulate growth". It is really disturbing that now the new coalition [Paet reaffirms] refuses to investigate what is really going on. [139], A poll conducted by the Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Fund and Razumkov Center, between 20 and 24 December, showed that over 50% of Ukrainians supported the Euromaidan protests, while 42% opposed it. 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The Foreign Minister of Estonia, Ermas Paet, was the first one to dispute this. "[364], On 3 December, Azarov warned that Ukraine might not be able to fulfill its natural gas contracts with Russia. Someone was hurt … someone was armed. The death toll included at least 13 police officers, according to Ukrainian authorities.[296]. [121][nb 8] The government also assured "Ukraine will resume preparing the agreement when the drop in industrial production and our relations with CIS countries are compensated by the European market. After the massacre of demonstrators, he will become famous for an ultimatum in which he will threaten to use weapons to hunt President Viktor Yanukovych. He then claimed the cartridges and weapons used in the shootings were not police issue. [305], Following the revolution of 18–23 February that saw over 100 killed in gunfire, the government's new health minister, Oleh Musiy, a doctor who helped oversee medical treatment for casualties during the protests, suggested to The Associated Press that the similarity of bullet wounds suffered by opposition victims and police indicates the shooters were trying to stoke tensions on both sides and spark even greater violence, with the goal of toppling Yanukovych and justifying a Russian invasion. [128][129] Both Yanukovych and high level EU officials signalled that they wanted to sign the Association Agreement at a later date. Ukrainian students nationwide have also demanded the dismissal of Minister of Education Dmytro Tabachnyk. At the same time, more than 50 percent were ready to take part in the creation of independent military units, compared to 15 and 21 percent during the past studies, respectively. [96] Starting 23 January, several Western Ukrainian Oblast (province) Governor buildings and regional councils were occupied in a revolt by Euromaidan activists. [85] Events in Kyiv were soon followed by the Crimean crisis and pro-Russian unrest in Eastern Ukraine. This paper shows that the Maidan massacre of the protestors and the police on February 20, 2014 involved the far right and oligarchic parties, and it was a key element of the violent overthrow of the corrupt and oligarchic but democratically elected government in Ukraine. [359], On 23 February 2014, following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, the Rada passed a bill that would have altered the law on languages of minorities, including Russian. The next day he fled the country and was removed from office by the Rada on 22 February 2014. [322] On 22 January 2014, Television News Service (TSN) reported that journalists started to remove their identifying uniform (vests and helmets), as they were being targeted, sometimes on purpose, sometimes accidentally. The sotni take their name from a traditional form of Cossacks cavalry formation, and were also used in the Ukrainian People's Army, Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Ukrainian National Army etc. This allowed parliament to pass a series of laws that removed police from Kyiv, canceled anti-protest operations, restored the 2004 constitution, freed political detainees, and removed President Yanukovych from office. [247] They have since 5 December been the victims of theft and arson. (With English subtitles) Italian investigative journalist Gian Micalessin interviews three snipers who shot the people in Maidan square. You will know what is Yanukovych. Four people permanently lost their vision,[283] and one man died by falling from a colonnade. Smaller protests or Euromaidans have been held internationally, primarily among the larger Ukrainian diaspora populations in North America and Europe. [140], According to a January poll, 45% of Ukrainians supported the protests, and 48% of Ukrainians disapproved of Euromaidan. Paet said he found it "really disturbing that now the new coalition [doesn't] want to investigate what exactly happened," and that "there is a stronger and stronger understanding that behind snipers it was not Yanukovych, it was somebody from the new coalition. Supporters of the European integration of Ukraine, Kyiv:400,000–800,000 protesters[53]12,000 "self-defense sotnia"[54][55], 3,000–4,000 titushky[59] Police responded by attacking the protest camp. Sign up here to get the latest news, updates and special offers delivered directly to your inbox. The first thing to understand about Ukraine today is that it has entered a revolutionary stage. Political expert Anders Åslund commented on this aspect: Revolutionary times have their own logic that is very different from the logic of ordinary politics, as writers from Alexis de Tocqueville to Crane Brinton have taught. "Poll: Ukrainian public split over EU, Customs Union options", "Ukraine president, protest leaders agree on truce", "Oleh Tyahnybok: I appeal to law-enforcement agents who still have their honor – choose the side of the Ukrainian revolution! On this day six years ago, Ukraine went through the most tragic phase of the Revolution of Dignity. [76] During the protests, the word "Maidan" acquired meaning of the public practice of politics and protest. [253], On 22 January in Donetsk, two simultaneous rallies were held – one pro-Euromaidan and one pro-government. [249], On 22 December, 2,000 rallied in Dnipropetrovsk. [406] IOC president Thomas Bach offered his condolences "to those who have lost loved ones in these tragic events". [230][231][232] Protesters claimed at least 4,000 attended,[233] with other sources saying 2,000. On 30 November 2013, the day after the dispersion of Euromaidan, Euromaidan organisers, aided by groups such as Svoboda, created "Self-defence of the Maidan" – their own police force for protecting protesters from police and providing security within the city. The demonstrations began on the night of 21 November 2013, when protests erupted in the capital, Kyiv, after the Ukrainian government suspended preparations for signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement with the European Union, to seek closer economic relations with Russia. [98], In early 2019, a Ukrainian court found Yanukovych guilty of treason. [155] Vitali Klitschko wrote in a tweet[156] "Friends! [170], A petition to the US White House demanding sanctions against Viktor Yanukovych and Ukrainian government ministers gathered over 100,000 signatures in four days.[171][172][173][174]. Replication by other scholars is the best way to check findings of existing studies. [292], On 18 and 19 February, at least 26 people were killed in clashes with police,[293] moreover, a self-defense soldier from Maidan was found dead. From the Ukraine Hotel? [224], On 26 November, a rally of 50 was held in Donetsk. ”, On the 20th, in the morning, the plan came into action. There was another guy in his uniform with him. [155], In an interview, opposition leader Yuriy Lutsenko, when asked if the current opposition was weaker than it was in 2004, argued that the opposition was stronger because the stakes were higher, "I asked each [of the opposition leaders]: 'Do you realise that this is not a protest? “Someone was shouting that there were snipers, I knew what they were talking about,” he said, “my only thought was to disappear before they knew about me. We were ordered to shoot at the police and protestors randomly. “Inside, recalls Nergadze, “there was chaos, you did not understand who was who. [354], On 21 February, after negotiations between the president Yanukovych and representatives of opposition with mediation of representatives of the European Union and Russia, the agreement "About settlement of political crisis in Ukraine" was signed. Only Pashinsky was talking … “He was giving orders. [396], The American filmmaker John Beck Hofmann made the film Maidan Massacre, about the sniper shootings. In the same poll, only 30% said the opposition would be able to stabilise the society and govern the country well, if coming to power, while 37% disagreed. Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. The word "Maidan" is a Turkish word meaning "square" or "open space" adopted by Ukrainians from the Ottoman Empire. [240], On 7 December it was reported that police were prohibiting those from Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk from driving to Kyiv.[241]. The massacre at Maidan, therefore, is revealed to be a carefully planned military operation organised in detail, with teams of snipers brought in from various NATO allied countries, unknown to each other, but organised on arrival, given orders and assignments and each sniper team being assigned spotters to help in their deadly work. According to a 7 to 17 December 2013 poll by the Sociological group "RATING", 49.1% of respondents would vote for Ukraine's accession to the European Union in a referendum, and 29.6% would vote against the motion. [384], Ukrainian-Polish band Taraka came up with a song dedicated to "Euromaidan" "Podaj Rękę Ukrainie" (Give a Hand to Ukraine). [123][124] On 7 December 2013 the IMF clarified that it was not insisting on a single-stage increase in natural gas tariffs in Ukraine by 40%, but recommended that they be gradually raised to an economically justified level while compensating the poorest segments of the population for the losses from such an increase by strengthening targeted social assistance. [409][410], The red-and-black battle flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) is another popular symbol among protesters, and the wartime insurgents have acted as a large inspiration for Euromaidan protesters. Police used tear gas and batons. [399][400][401][402] Some artists expressed their solidarity with Maidan. Riot police and government supporters cornered a group of people who were trying to seize government buildings. Divisions of "Golden eagle" and internal troops left the center of Kyiv. Other "flaws" according to Reuters included the fact that no one was charged with killing policemen and that the prosecutors and the minister in charge of the investigation all took part in the uprising. [362], The Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov, asked for 20 billion Euros (US$27 billion) in loans and aid from the EU[134] The EU was willing to offer 610 million euros (838 million US) in loans,[135] however Russia was willing to offer 15 billion US in loans. On 21 February, at the public announcement leaders of parliamentary opposition of conditions of the signed Agreement, representatives of "Right Sector" declared that they don't accept the gradualness of political reforms stipulated in the document, and demanded immediate resignation of the president Yanukovych—otherwise they intended to go for storm of Presidential Administration and Verkhovna Rada. [252], On 11 January 150 activists met in Kharkiv for a general forum on uniting the nationwide Euromaidan efforts. [294][unreliable source? “We left on January 15, and on the plane, Zalogy remembers, I received my passport and another [passport] with my photo but with different name and surname. Euromaidan (/ ˌ jʊər ə ˌ m aɪ ˈ d ɑː n, ˌ jʊər oʊ-/; Ukrainian: Євромайдан, Yevromaidan or Yevromaydan, literally 'Euro Both Nergadze and Zalogy are linked to former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili , who started, in August 2008, a short but bloody war with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Euromaidan (/ˌjʊərəˌmaɪˈdɑːn, ˌjʊəroʊ-/;[74][75] Ukrainian: Євромайдан, Yevromaidan or Yevromaydan, literally 'Euro Square'[nb 6]) was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on the night of 21 November 2013 with public protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv. 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