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EuroMaidan

Euromaidan
Part of the Ukrainian crisis
Euromaidan collage.jpg
Clockwise from top left: A large EU flag is waved across Maidan on 27 November 2013, opposition activist popular singer Ruslana addresses the crowds on Maidan on 29 November 2013, Pro EU rally on Maidan, Euromaidan on European Square on 1 December, tree decorated with flags and posters, crowds direct hose at militsiya, plinth of the toppled Lenin statue
Date 21 November 2013 (2013-11-21) – 23 February 2014
(Minor protests went on until 2 December 2014)
Location Ukraine, primarily Kiev (notably Maidan Nezalezhnosti)
Causes

Main reason:

Other versions:
Goals
Methods Demonstrations, Internet activism, civil disobedience, civil resistance, hacktivism,occupation of administrative buildings
Result
Parties to the civil conflict

European Union Supporters of the European integration of Ukraine

Parliamentary opposition parties:

Other parties:

Others:

Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Government of Ukraine

Government parties:

Others:

  • Civil servants and pro-government civilian protestors
  • Hired supporters

Political groups:

  • Ukrainian Front

Militant groups:

  • Titushky
  • Civic Patrols (Government sanctioned vigilantes)
  • Red Sector
  • People's Militia of Donbass

Anti-government but anti-protest

Groups from Russia
Lead figures
Number

Kiev:
400,000–800,000 protesters
12,000 "self-defense sotnia"

Across Ukraine:
50,000 (Lviv)
20,000 (Cherkasy)
10,000+ (Ternopil)
other cities and towns

Law enforcement in Kiev:

  • 4,000 Berkut
  • 1,000 Internal Troops

3,000–4,000 titushky
Pro-government/anti-EU demonstrations:
20,000–60,000 (Kiev)
40,000 (Kharkiv)
15,000 (Donetsk)
10,000 (Simferopol)

2,500 pro-Russia (Sevastopol)
Casualties
  • Died: 104–780
  • Injured: 1,850–1,900 (sought medical help as of 21 January 2014)
    681 (hospitalised as of 30 January 2014)
  • Missing (probably abducted): 166–300(as of 30 March 2014)
  • Arrested: 234
  • Imprisoned: 140
  • Died: 17
  • Injured: 200–300 (sought medical help as of 21 January 2014)
    52–75 policemen (hospitalised as of 2 Dec 2013)

Main reason:

Other versions:

European Union Supporters of the European integration of Ukraine

Parliamentary opposition parties:

Other parties:

Others:

Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg Government of Ukraine

Government parties:

Others:

Political groups:

Militant groups:

Anti-government but anti-protest

Groups from Russia

Kiev:
400,000–800,000 protesters
12,000 "self-defense sotnia"

Law enforcement in Kiev:

3,000–4,000 titushky
Pro-government/anti-EU demonstrations:
20,000–60,000 (Kiev)
40,000 (Kharkiv)
15,000 (Donetsk)
10,000 (Simferopol)

Euromaidan (/ˌjʊərəˌmaɪˈdɑːn, ˌjʊəroʊ-/;Ukrainian: Євромайдан, Russian: Евромайдан, Yevromaidan, literally "Euro[pean] Square") 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 Kiev, demanding closer European integration. The scope of the protests expanded, with many calls for the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and his government. The protests led to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Many protesters joined because of the violent dispersal of protesters on 30 November and "a will to change life in Ukraine." By 25 January 2014, the protests had been fueled by the perception of "widespread government corruption," "abuse of power," and "violation of human rights in Ukraine."Transparency International named President Yanukovych as the top example of corruption in the world.


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