Putin worries about a movement that he says looks more like “a pogrom than a revolution” and “has little to do with the relationship between Ukraine and the European Union”. Protesters build barricades on Independence Square and take control of city hall. Pro-Europeans such as former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko (then in detention) and current Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, as well as nationalists from the far-right Svoboda party, are among the opposition. Demonstrations break out in the country.ĭecember 1: In Kyiv, protests take place in Independence Square, or “Maidan”, which will give its name to the movement. Ukraine is divided between this European economic integration project and a competing Russian proposal for a customs union. November 21: After Ukraine’s long rapprochement with the European Union under president Viktor Yushchenko (2005-2010) that began after the country’s Orange Revolution in 2004, Yushchenko’s successor Yanukovich decides to turn away from Europe. He renounces an association agreement proposed by the EU, which refused to grant him a €20 billion loan. 2013: The Maidan protests and the break with Russia ![]() Russian forces are aiming to capture major Ukrainian cities including the capital, Kyiv, while the West has imposed economic sanctions on Russia and direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv have begun.įRANCE 24 traces the crisis to its roots: November 2013, during Ukraine’s Maidan protest movement, which led to the removal of pro-Russian former president Viktor Yanukovich and the beginning of today's conflict. After years of latent conflict between Russia and Ukraine and escalating tensions in recent months, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion on Thursday.
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