In turn, Euromaidan's newly established Facebook page set a record in Ukraine by having attracted more than 76,000 followers in just 8 days, and reaching more than 200,000 followers within the first 10 weeks of the protests (Savanevsky 2014). Related. A new advert for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign has used an image of pro-democracy protests in Ukraine from 2014 to show what it called "chaos & violence" in the US. A political advert from the Evangelicals for Trump campaign group used an image from the Ukraine uprising to illustrate US civil ... Trump uses 2014 images from Kiev protests in new pro-police ad. The size and duration of the protests are unprecedented. Paul Craig Roberts. (Kiev) – Ukrainian police assaulted and injured dozens of journalists and medical workers while trying to disperse street fighters and protesters in Kiev from January 19 to 22, 2014. Ukraine's protests may not be driven by the far right, but they are not supported by a clear majority of Ukrainians...and neither is a turn toward Europe. Ukrainian demonstrators gather in Kiev's Maidan, or Independence Square, on February 21, 2014, a … Yanukovych eventually fled Ukraine at the end of February 2014 as mass protests continued to grow around Ukraine. Local riot police kneel as they apologize to Lviv residents for taking part in an operation against anti-government protesters in Kiev, during a rally in central Lviv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2014. Share 1 of 50. Despite crisis talks including President Viktor Yanukovych, rioting still persists and has started to spread beyond the capital. The latter, known as the March of Peace (Russian: Марш Мира, Marsh Mira), took place in Moscow a day before the Crimean referendum. In April 2014, international investigators arrived in Ukraine to assist the Ukrainian government with recovering as much as $70 billion that ex-President Yanukovych and his … Unrest is also spreading beyond Kiev as the opposition and government struggle to end the crisis. A anti-government protester is engulfed in flames while running from the scene, during clashed with riot police outside Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. ... 15 April 2014. Observers see similarities with the Maidan protests in Kyiv, which began in autumn 2013 and by spring 2014 had led to a change of power and politics in Ukraine. A woman stands before a roadblock in Kiev on February 3, 2014. Section BBC News. 19 Feb 2014. Why this isn't like Ukraine 2014 Once more, about 200,000 people rallied against President Alexander Lukashenko Sunday in Minsk. One of the activists warms himself and dries his clothes at a barricade of the opposition in Kiev. image caption The image of protesters in Ukraine was taken in 2014 A post by Donald Trump's official Facebook account purports to show violence … February 19, 2014. In the deadliest day of Ukraine’s protests so far, at least 20 people, including demonstrators and policemen, have been killed, according to reports. Its file on Wikimedia Commons shows the image with the caption: “A police officer attacked by protesters during clashes in Ukraine, Kyiv. First killings in Ukraine protests. Updated 9:22 AM ET, Fri February 20, 2015. Washington Orchestrated Protests Are Destabilizing Ukraine. In 2014 Ukraine faced the greatest threat to its national security since the collapse of the Soviet Union, of which it had been part for most of the 20th century.Months of popular protest swept pro-Russian Pres. The protests in the western Ukraine are organized by the CIA, the US State Department, and by Washington- and EU-financed Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) … The student protests organised to force President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to sign an association agreement with the EU developed into a revolution … Video, 00:02:33 First killings in Ukraine protests. In February 2014, protests spread to other cities in Ukraine; demonstrations gave way to rioting. Kiev’s Battlefield: Protests Ignite Fiery Clashes in Ukraine Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images Men carry a casket containing the body of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an anti-government protester who was killed in clashes with police, outside Mikhailovsky Cathedral after a memorial service there in his honor on Jan. 26, 2014 in Kiev. found: Britannica online encyclopedia, June 5, 2014 (under Ukraine: protests broke out in Kiev in November 2013 after planned association agreement with the EU is scuttled. 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