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A crowd chanting “Murderers!” and “Glory to Ukraine” briefly retreated this morning after a police assault on their positions left two men dead from gunshot wounds. A third victim, also a protester, r
Jan. 22, 2014
Berkut riot police beat and kidnapped Dmytro Dvoychenkov , a journalist of Espreso online TV on Hrushevskoho Street before later releasing him this morning, official Espreso TV site reports on Jan. 22
Jan. 22, 2014
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has confirmed reports on
two people who died from gunshot wounds in the center of Kyiv.
Jan. 22, 2014
The young man who was shot dead on Hrushevskoho Street, purportedly by riot police during early morning clahses on Jan. 22, was a passionate pro-democracy activist named Sergiy Nihoyan.
Oleg Musiy, th
Jan. 22, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally to protest new laws that restrict freedom of speech and peaceful protest. The rally turned violent between
Jan. 22, 2014
For nearly two days, the enraged protests on Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv looked like a stuck video playing the same scene over and over again: young, masked men advanced toward barricaded police and
Jan. 21, 2014
Prominent EuroMaidan activists Ihor Lutsenko and Yuriy Verbytsky were abducted by five unknown men at 4 a.m. on Jan. 21 from Oleksandrivska Hospital in Kyiv, another civic activist, Mariya Lebedeva, a
Jan. 21, 2014
Ukrainian Wikipedia has reported it will protest against the law on amendments to the law “On judicial system and status of judges” and procedural laws regarding additional measures for the protection
Jan. 21, 2014
The Ukrainian Wikipedia community is protesting laws that go into effect Jan. 21 that criminalize criticism of government officials. In a protest banner message on its site, the community says that f
Jan. 21, 2014
Ukraine’s three
largest mobile phone operators denied sending text messages on Jan. 20-21 to
subscribers that stated they were registered “as a participant in a mass
disturbance.”
Jan. 21, 2014
Though no major incidents were reported on Hrushevsky Street in the center of Kyiv as of 6 a.m. as the standoff continues between protesters and riot police in the Ukrainian capital, Berkut riot polic
Jan. 21, 2014
Editor’s Note: EuroMaidan participants and political opposition leaders held a Jan. 19 rally in response to new measures signed into law on Jan. 17 by President Viktor Yanukovych that restrict freedom
Jan. 21, 2014
Both President Viktor Yanukovch and the opposition political leaders delegated representatives to peace talks that kicked off on Jan. 20 to solve the longest and fiercest political crisis in Ukraine’s
Jan. 20, 2014
The police have detained 31 people for involvement in the mass unrest in central Kyiv, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.
Jan. 20, 2014
Law enforcement officers have the right to use firearms during mass disturbances but during the Sunday standoffs the police did not act as harshly as they are allowed to by the law, the Ukrainian Inte
Jan. 20, 2014
Police have detained
two journalists in Kyiv on Jan. 19-20 amid a standoff between anti-government
protesters and law enforcement, according to the Institute of Mass Information, a
local watchdog.
Jan. 20, 2014