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2. Ukraine Protests
December , 2013
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3. Dec.
1 ,2013
Protesters clash with police outside the
presidential office in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec.
1. (Efrem Lukatsky/Associated Press) #
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4. Dec.
2 ,2013
A protestor waves the Ukrainian National flag during a
mass demonstration on Independent Square in Kiev,
Ukraine on Dec. 2. (Anatoly Maltsev/EPA) #
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5. Dec.
3 ,2013
A man swings a chain as protesters try to break through police lines near
the presidential administration building during a rally held by supporters
of EU integration in Kiev on Dec. 3. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters) #
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6. Dec.
3 ,2013
Arseny Yatsenyuk (L), a Ukrainian opposition leader, gestures as he
speaks to the speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Volodymyr Rybak in
parliament, in Kiev on Dec. 3. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters) #
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7. Dec.
4 ,2013
People supporting an EU integration attend a rally at Independence Square in Kiev on Dec. 4. Ukraine's government faced a tightening
blockade of key buildings by protesters in the capital Kiev amid a crisis over its rejection of closer ties with the European Union that
has piled pressure on the creaking economy. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters) #
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8. Dec.
5 ,2013
Students wave flags of the European Union and
Ukraine as they shout slogans during a rally of the
opposition in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on
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9. A protester holds a stick over a drum bearing the printed
portrait of Ukraine's President as he takes part in an
opposition protest against the current Ukrainian
government in the western Ukrainain city of Lviv on Dec. 6.
Protesters have since Dec. 1 controlled Kiev's main
Independence Square in response to Ukraine's President
Viktor Yanukovych's decision to bow to Russian pressure and
reject a historic deal with the European Union that would
have pulled Ukraine out of Moscow's orbit for the first time.
Yanukovych held unannounced talks in Russia on Dec. 6 with
Vladimir Putin on a new strategic partnership treaty with
Moscow, a move that risks further galvanizing mass proWestern demonstrations against his rule. (Yuriy
Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images) #
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10. Dec.
7 ,2013
Anti-government protesters sleep on the floor of the occupied Kiev City Hall on Dec. 7, in Kiev, Ukraine. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty
Images) #
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11. A Ukrainian protester waves a European flag during a proEuropean protest rally on Independence Square in Kiev,
Ukraine, on Dec. 8. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian antigovernment protesters demanded that President Viktor
Yanukovych step down for his decision to back away from an
association agreement with the European Union, a decision
that has sparked a political crisis. Braving freezing
temperatures, the demonstrators held pro-EU placards and
sang the national hymn in Kiev's Independence Square.
(Anatoly Maltsev/EPA)
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8 ,2013
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12. Dec.
8 ,2013
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A protester breaks apart a statue of Lenin at a monument in his honor after it was pulled down during a mass rally called
"The March of a Million" in Kiev's Independence Square on Dec. 8. Ukrainians protesting against the government's rejection
of a key pact with the European Union today toppled the statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin in central
Kiev, police said. (Anatoli Boiko/AFP/Getty Images) #
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13. Dec.
8 ,2013
Protesters practice tactics to defend themselves
from possible police scuffles during a rally held by
supporters of EU integration in central Kiev, on
Dec. 8. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters) #
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14. Dec.
8 ,2013
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Pro-European Union activists gather around a huge poster of jailed
former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, bottom, during a
rally in the Independence Square in KIev, Ukraine on Dec. 8. (Sergei
Grits/Associated Press) #
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15. A teenager waves a national flag over a crowd of ProEuropean Union activists gathered during a rally in the
Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 8. Over
200,000 angry Ukrainians occupied a central Kiev square to
denounce President Viktor YanukovychÃs decision to turn
away from Europe and align this ex-Soviet republic with
Russia, as massive protests continued for a third week.
(Sergei Grits/Associated Press) #
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8 ,2013
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16. Dec.
9 ,2013
Protesters face riot police near the Presidential office building in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 9, where thousands of demonstrators continued to
demand the Ukrainian government's resignation. The Ukrainian opposition said that it would defend its encampment on Kiev's
Independence Square after reports that the Interior Ministry was sending extra troops to the capital. World heavyweight boxing champion
Vitaly Klitschko, whose Udar Party (Punch) is the smaller opposition faction in parliament, called supporters to come to the square. The
InteriorMarch 6, 2014 that protesters risked criminal persecution if they broke the law. (Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA)#
Ministry said
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17. Dec.
9 ,2013
Riot police faces protesters near the Presidential
office building in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 9. (Sergey
Dolzhenko/EPA) #
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18. Dec.
9 ,2013
A pro-EU Ukrainian protester waving his national flag shouts slogans behind riot policemen standing guard in Independence
Square in Kiev on Dec. 9. Pro-EU Ukrainian demonstrators kept up their protest against President Viktor Yanukovych as the
authorities sent internal troops and riot police into central Kiev in an increasingly tense showdown. (Sergei
Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) #
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19. Dec.
10 ,2013
An pro-European protesters carry a firewood during
another day of protest at Independence Square in
Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 10. (Anatoly Maltsev/EPA) #
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20. Dec.
10 ,2013
A man plays a trumpet as he call protesters to be ready for police attack at
Kiev's City Hall on Dec. 10. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will hold
emergency talks in Ukraine on Dec. 10, amid growing international concern
at the political crisis which has pitted the security forces against pro-EU
demonstrators. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) #
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21. Dec.
11 ,2013
A Ukrainian woman, a pro-European Union activist, sits during the protest in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 11. Police in
Ukraine pulled back as protesters claimed victory after an overnight face-off in which authorities removed some barricades and tents and
scuffled with demonstrators occupying Kiev's main square. (Sergei Chuzavkov/Associated Press) #
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22. Dec.
11 ,2013
Pro-European Union activists shout toward a bus
carrying riot police outside Kiev's City Hall, Ukraine,
on Dec. 11. (Sergei Chuzavkov/Associated Press) #
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23. Dec.
11 ,2013
Pro-European integration protesters take part in a rally in
Independence Square in Kiev on Dec. 11. (Valentyn
Ogirenko/Reuters) #
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24. Dec.
11 ,2013
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A Pro-European Union activist holds a rose, a symbol of revolution and a small
poster reading "Do not to anger Maidan (Independence Square )!" during a rally in
the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine on Dec. 11. (Alexander
Zemlianichenko/Associated Press) #
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25. Dec.
11 ,2013
Security forces early Wednesday stormed the
central plaza in Kiev where protesters have
been rallying against the government of
President Viktor F. Yanukovich. Protesters
scuffled with riot police officers at
Independence Square early on Dec. 11. (Sergey
Ponomarev/The New York Times) #
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26. Dec.
12 ,2013
Local resident Mikhail Demchenko watches a TV
broadcast showing Russia's President Vladimir Putin
delivering his annual state of the nation address in the
village of Verkhniaya Biryusa in Taiga area, 84 km (52
miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk,
on Dec. 12. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) #
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27. Dec.
12 ,2013
Pro-European integration protestors wave flags in Independence
Square in Kiev, on Dec. 12. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters) #
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28. Dec.
12 ,2013
A priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church celebrates
mass in a tent church on Independence Square in Kiev,
Ukraine on Dec. 12. (Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA)#
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29. Dec.
13 ,2013
Pro-European integration protestors gather at a barricade as people walk past a check point in central Kiev, on Dec. 13. Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovich said he would propose an amnesty for those detained at recent mass street protests, a key demand of
opposition leaders. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters) #
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30. Dec.
13 ,2013
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Pro-European integration protestors sing during a rally at
Independence Square in Kiev, Dec. 13. (Marko Djurica/Reuters) #
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31. Dec.
13 ,2013
Young protesters wait at the barricade on
Independence Square in Kiev on Dec. 13. (Viktor
Drachev/AFP/Getty Images) #
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41. Pro-European Union activists try to strengthen the barricades next to their tent camps as
riot policemen block them on the Independence Square in Kiev, Dec. 11, 2013.
Ukrainian women pass by a riot police bus in Kiev, Dec. 5, 2013.
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Protesters stand in a human chain during demonstration outside the government
building in Kiev, Dec. 4, 2013.
A person wrapped in a Ukrainian flag watches the sun set over Independence Square on
Dec. 4, 2013 in Kiev.
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42. Anti-government protesters rally in Independence Square on Dec. 4, 2013 in Kiev.
Anti-government protesters rally in front of the Cabinet of Ministers building on Dec. 5,
2013 in Kiev.
Anti-government protesters sleep on the floor of the occupied Kiev City Hall on Dec. 7,
2013 in Kiev.
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Anti-government protesters lock arms to block access to a street that leads to the
Ukrainian parliament building, the site of a rally held by the ruling Party of Regions in
support of the government and Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, on Dec. 8, 2013
in Kiev.
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43. An anti-government protester raises the flag of
Europe on the barricades defending Maidan Square
against police and government supporters on Dec.
9, 2013 in Kiev.
Anti-government protesters hold a large rally on Independence Square on Dec. 8, 2013 in
Kiev.
Anti-government protesters congregate on Independence Square, known as the
Euromaidan, on December 11, 2013 in Kiev.
Anti-government protesters use snow to reinforce a barricade blocking street
access to Independence Square, known as the Euromaidan, on December 11,
2013 in Kiev. 6, 2014
March
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44. Anti-government protesters huddle under a makeshift shelter built into a barricade to block
the street near Independence Square on December 11, 2013 in Kiev.
March 6, 2014
Pro-European Union activists guard barricades near the Independence Square in Kiev,
early on Dec. 13, 2013.
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46. Jan.
19 ,2014
Medical workers help their
wounded colleague during
clashes between police and
protesters in the centre of the
Ukrainian capital Kiev on
January 19, 2014 after 200,000
turned up for an opposition
rally in a show of defiance
against strict new curbs on
protests. Police used tear gas
and smoke bombs in a bid to
disperse hundreds of people
who sought to storm police
cordons near the Verkhovna
Rada parliament in the capital.
AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV
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Images)
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47. Jan.
19 ,2014
A pro-European integration protester walks past a burning police bus during a rally near government administration buildings in Kiev January 19, 2014.
Protesters attacked riot police with sticks in Kiev on Sunday and tried to overturn a bus blocking their path to parliament, as up to 100,000 Ukrainians massed in
defiance of sweeping new laws aimed at stamping out anti-government demonstrations. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE )
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48. Jan.
19 ,2014
Ukrainian riot police reacts after being
hit by a petrol bomb during clashes with
pro-European integration protesters in
Kiev January 19, 2014. Protesters
clashed with riot police in the Ukrainian
capital on Sunday after tough antiprotest legislation, which the political
opposition says paves the way for a
police state, was rushed through
parliament last week. REUTERS/Stringer
(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST
CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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49. Jan.
19 ,2014
A protester throws a burning flare during clashes with police, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday clashed with
riot police in the center of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest legislation last week seen as part of attempts to quash antigovernment demonstrations. The violent scenes further escalated this ex-Soviet republic's political crisis and showed a rift among opposition leaders, one of
whom fought bravely to stop the violence, while others condemned the events from afar. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)
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50. Jan.
19 ,2014
KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 19: Protestors suround two police officers during a mass action of opposition at Independence Square against laws recently accepted
by the Verkhovna Rada that toughen requirements to carrying out mass meetings and restrict journalists activity, on January 19, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. The
Ukrainian opposition collects National Veche for the ninth time. (Photo by Vladislav Sodel/Kommersant Photo via Getty Images)
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51. Jan.
19 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A pro-European integration protester injured during clashes with Ukranian riot police receives treatment in Kiev January 19, 2014.
Protesters attacked riot police with sticks in Kiev on Sunday and tried to overturn a bus blocking their path to parliament, as up to
100,000 Ukrainians massed in defiance of sweeping new laws aimed at stamping out anti-government demonstrations.
REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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52. Jan.
19 ,2014
Protesters clash with police on January 19, 2014 during an opposition rally in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kiev in a show of defiance against strict new
curbs on protests. 200,000 protesters expressed frustration over the lack of a clear programme from the opposition leaders after almost two months of protests
over the government's ditching of a pact with the EU under Russian pressure. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY
(Photo credit should read SERGEI
SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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53. Jan.
19 ,2014
Protesters dig out a road tile to throw during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday clashed with
riot police in the center of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest legislation last week seen as part of attempts to quash anti-government
demonstrations. The violent scenes further escalated this ex-Soviet republic?s political crisis and showed a rift among opposition leaders, one of whom fought
bravely to stop the violence, while others condemned the events from afar. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)
March 6, 2014
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54. Jan.
19 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A protester runs during clashes with police, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan.
19, 2014. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday clashed with riot police in the center
of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest legislation last
week seen as part of attempts to quash anti-government demonstrations. The
violent scenes further escalated this ex-Soviet republic's political crisis and
showed a rift among opposition leaders, one of whom fought bravely to stop the
violence, while others condemned the events from afar. (AP Photo/Evgeny
Feldman)
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55. Jan.
19 ,2014
Opposition leader and former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, center, is attacked and sprayed with a fire extinguisher as he tries to stop
the clashes between police and protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday clashed with riot police in the
center of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest legislation last week seen as part of attempts to quash anti-government
demonstrations. A group of radical activists began attacking riot police with sticks, trying to push their way toward the Ukrainian parliament building, which
has been cordoned off by rows of police and buses. (AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky)
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56. Jan.
20 ,2014
A pro-European integration
protester aims his pneumatic gun
towards riot police during clashes in
Kiev January 20, 2014. Protesters
clashed with riot police in the
Ukrainian capital after tough antiprotest legislation, which the
political opposition says paves the
way for a police state, was rushed
through parliament last week.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL
UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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57. Jan.
20 ,2014
Pro-European integration protesters carry Molotov cocktails during clashes with police in Kiev January 20, 2014. Protesters clashed with riot police
in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday after tough anti-protest legislation, which the political opposition says paves the way for a police state, was
rushed through parliament last week. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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58. Jan.
20 ,2014
A pro-European integration protester sits in a burnt police bus after a rally near government administration buildings in Kiev January 20, 2014. Protesters
clashed with riot police in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday after tough anti-protest legislation, which the political opposition says paves the way for a police
state, was rushed through parliament last week. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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59. Jan.
20 ,2014
A pro-European integration protester uses a slingshot during clashes with police in Kiev January 20, 2014. Protesters clashed with riot police in the Ukrainian
capital on Sunday after tough anti-protest legislation, which the political opposition says paves the way for a police state, was rushed through parliament last
week. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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60. Jan.
21 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A clergyman holds a religious picture during a rally held by pro-European
integration protesters in Kiev January 21, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov urged European governments on Tuesday not to interfere in Ukraine's
political crisis and expressed concern that events in Kiev could be spinning out of
control. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST
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61. Jan.
21 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Demonstrators gather stones during a rally held by
pro-European integration protesters in Kiev January
21, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
urged European governments on Tuesday not to
interfere in Ukraine's political crisis and expressed
concern that events in Kiev could be spinning out of
control. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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62. Jan.
21 ,2014
Riot police block a street, as stones used by pro-European integration protesters in recent demonstrations lie on the ground, in Kiev January 21, 2014. Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged European governments on Tuesday not to interfere in Ukraine's political crisis and expressed concern that events in Kiev
could be spinning out of control. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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63. Jan.
21 ,2014
A demonstrator stands near a barricade during a rally held by pro-European integration protesters in Kiev January 21, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov urged European governments on Tuesday not to interfere in Ukraine's political crisis and expressed concern that events in Kiev could be spinning out
of control. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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67. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A pro-European protester carries a tyre to burn during clashes with riot police in Kiev January
22, 2014. Ukraine's prime minister denounced anti-government protesters as "terrorists" on
Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President
Viktor Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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68. Jan.
22 ,2014
A pro-European protester looks at Ukrainian riot police
during clashes in Kiev January 22, 2014. New clashes
broke out on Wednesday between Ukrainian police and
protesters demanding the resignation of President Viktor
Yanukovich and two demonstrator were reported to have
been killed. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICSMarch 6, 2014
CIVIL UNREST)
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69. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A pro-European protester swings a metal chain during clashes with riot
policemen in Kiev January 22, 2014. The European Union threatened on
Wednesday to take action against Ukraine over its handling of antigovernment protests after three people died during violent clashes in Kiev.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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70. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A pro-European protester throws a burning tyre
during clashes with riot policemen in Kiev January
22, 2014. The European Union threatened on
Wednesday to take action against Ukraine over its
handling of anti-government protests after three
people died during violent clashes in Kiev.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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71. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A protester throws a Molotov cocktail during
clashes with police in central Kiev, Jan. 22, 2014.
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72. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A protestor throws a molotov cocktail at riot police in the centre of Kiev on January 22, 2014. Ukrainian police today stormed protesters' barricades in
Kiev as violent clashes erupted and activists said that one person had been shot dead by the security forces. Total of two activists shot dead during
clashing. The move by police increased tensions to a new peak after two months of protests over President Viktor Yanukovych's failure to sign a deal for
closer ties with the EU. AFP PHOTO/ VASILY MAXIMOVVASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images
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73. Jan.
22 ,2014
A riot police officer (R) looks out as his
colleagues take cover behind shields during
clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev
January 22, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovich has agreed to meet the three
main opposition leaders on Wednesday for
talks on a crisis that has led to violent clashes
between protesters and police, said one of
the leaders, Arseny Yatsenyuk.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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74. Jan.
22 ,2014
A riot police officer points his weapon during clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev January 22, 2014. Ukraine's prime minister denounced antigovernment protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President Viktor Yanukovich held
talks with opposition leaders. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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75. Jan.
22 ,2014
A woman holds a wodden cross as riot
policemen aim their weapons during clashes
with pro-European protesters in Kiev January
22, 2014. Ukraine's prime minister
denounced anti-government protesters as
"terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what
appeared to be his first real move to end
weeks of unrest President Viktor Yanukovich
held talks with opposition leaders.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE
DAY)
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76. Tyres burn in the street, set alight by protesters in
clashes with police in central Kiev, Jan. 22, 2014.
Jan.
22 ,2014
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78. Jan.
22 ,2014
An opposition supporter wears a gas mask during
clashes between riot police and anti-government
demonstrators in central Kiev, Jan, 22, 2014.
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79. Jan.
22 ,2014
A police officer aims his shotgun
during clashes with protesters in
central Kiev, Jan. 22, 2014.
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80. Jan.
22 ,2014
Interior Ministry members hold a man during clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev January 22, 2014. The European Union threatened on Wednesday
to take action against Ukraine over its handling of anti-government protests after three people died during violent clashes in Kiev. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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81. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A man carries a burning tyre during a rally held
by pro-European protesters in Kiev January 22,
2014. Ukraine's prime minister denounced antigovernment protesters as "terrorists" on
Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first
real move to end weeks of unrest President
Viktor Yanukovich held talks with opposition
leaders. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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82. Jan.
22 ,2014
A man reacts after he was injured during a rally held by
pro-European protesters in Kiev January 22, 2014.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has agreed to
meet the three main opposition leaders on Wednesday
for talks on a crisis that has led to violent clashes
between protesters and police, said one of the leaders,
Arseny Yatsenyuk. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
March 6, 2014
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83. Jan.
22 ,2014
An aerial view shows riot police and
Interior Ministry members standing in
formation as tyres set ablaze by proEuropean protesters burn during clashes
in Kiev January 22, 2014. Ukraine's prime
minister denounced anti-government
protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday,
but in what appeared to be his first real
move to end weeks of unrest President
Viktor Yanukovich held talks with
opposition leaders. REUTERS/Stringer
(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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84. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Protesters duck behind a burned vehicle as they
clash with police in central Kiev, Jan. 22, 2014.
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85. Jan.
22 ,2014
Riot police and Interior Ministry members stand in formation during clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev January 22, 2014. Ukraine's prime minister
denounced anti-government protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President Viktor
Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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86. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Pro-European protesters are pictured between smoke from burning tyres during clashes with
riot police in Kiev January 22, 2014. Ukraine's prime minister denounced anti-government
protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end
weeks of unrest President Viktor Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders.
REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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87. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Riot police officers gather as they clash with protestors in the center
of Kiev on January 22, 2014. Ukrainian police today stormed
protesters' barricades in Kiev as violent clashes erupted and activists
said that one person had been shot dead by the security forces. Total
of two activists shot dead during clashing. The move by police
increased tensions to a new peak after two months of protests over
President Viktor Yanukovych's failure to sign a deal for closer ties with
the EU. AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII BOIKOANATOLII BOIKO/AFP/Getty
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88. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Smoke from burning tyres set ablaze by pro-European protesters rises during
clashes with riot police in Kiev January 22, 2014. Ukraine's prime minister
denounced anti-government protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what
appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President Viktor
Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
88
89. Jan.
22 ,2014
A riot police officer looks out as his colleagues take cover behind shields during clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev January 22, 2014. Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovich has agreed to meet the three main opposition leaders on Wednesday for talks on a crisis that has led to violent clashes between
protesters and police, said one of the leaders, Arseny Yatsenyuk. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
March 6, 2014
89
90. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Riot police officers hold a man during clashes with
pro-European protesters in Kiev, Jan. 22, 2014.
90
91. Jan.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 22: Three people
were reported dead in Kiev on Wednesday
morning, during clashes between police and
demonstrators against the government's
anti-protest law in Kiev, Ukraine, on January
22, 2014. (Photo by Burak Akbulut/Anadolu
Agency/Getty Images)
91
92. Jan.
22 ,2014
Pro-European protesters stand in line holding wooden sticks during clashes with riot
policemen in Kiev January 22, 2014. The European Union threatened on Wednesday
to take action against Ukraine over its handling of anti-government protests after
three people died during violent clashes in Kiev. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE
- Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
March 6, 2014
92
94. Jan.
22 ,2014
A demonstrator holds an
incendiary device as
protesters clash with police in
the center of Kiev on Jan. 22,
2014.
March 6, 2014
94
95. Jan.
23 ,2014
Protesters use a large slingshot to
hurl a Molotov cocktail at police in
central Kiev, Jan. 23, 2014.
March 6, 2014
95
96. Jan.
23 ,2014
Pro-European integration protesters take cover
from water sprayed from a fire engine at the site
of clashes with riot police in Kiev, Jan. 23, 2014.
March 6, 2014
96
97. Jan.
23 ,2014
A pro-European integration protester fires off fireworks towards riot police during clashes in Kiev January 23, 2014. Ukrainian opposition leaders emerged
from crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday saying he had failed to give concrete answers to their demands, and told their supporters on
the streets to prepare for a police offensive. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
March 6, 2014
97
98. Jan.
23 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A pro-European integration protester throws stones towards riot police as others take cover in Kiev January 23, 2014. Ukrainian
opposition leaders emerged from crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday saying he had failed to give
concrete answers to their demands, and told their supporters on the streets to prepare for a police offensive. REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
98
99. Jan.
23 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Pro-European integration protesters take cover from water sprayed from a fire
engine at the site of clashes with riot police in Kiev January 23, 2014. Ukrainian
opposition leaders emerged from crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich
on Wednesday saying he had failed to give concrete answers to their demands,
and told their supporters on the streets to prepare for a police offensive.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX
IMAGES OF THE DAY)
99
100. Jan.
23 ,2014
Pro-European integration protesters throw stones towards riot police in Kiev January 23, 2014. Ukrainian opposition leaders emerged from crisis talks with
President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday saying he had failed to give concrete answers to their demands, and told their supporters on the streets to
prepare for a police offensive. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
March 6, 2014
100
101. Jan.
23 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A pro-European integration protester walks under water sprayed from a fire engine among
burning tyres at the site of clashes with riot police in Kiev January 23, 2014. Ukrainian
opposition leaders emerged from crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday
saying he had failed to give concrete answers to their demands, and told their supporters on
the streets to prepare for a police offensive. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
101
102. Jan.
23 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Pro-European protesters throw tyres into a fire during street violence in Kiev
January 23, 2014. Ukrainian opposition leaders emerged from crisis talks with
President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday saying he had failed to give concrete
answers to their demands, and told their supporters on the streets to prepare for a
police offensive. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL
UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
102
103. Pro-European integration protesters take cover from water sprayed
from a fire engine at the site of clashes with riot police in Kiev, Jan.
23, 2014.
Jan.
23 ,2014
March 6, 2014
103
104. Burning tires in Kiev, Jan. 23, 2014.
Jan.
23 ,2014
March 6, 2014
104
105. Protestors gather around a fire during a stand off with
police on Jan. 23, 2014 in Kiev.
Jan.
23 ,2014
March 6, 2014
105
106. Jan.
24 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters guard a barricade
on a street near Dynamo stadium on Jan. 24,
2014 in Kiev.
106
107. Jan.
24 ,2014
Thursday January 24th. Rioting
continued between anti-government
demonstrators and police in Kiev near
the Dynamo Kiev Statium on
Hrusehvskoho Street. Rioting went
through the night as protesters sought
to reinforce their positions.
March 6, 2014
107
108. Jan.
24 ,2014
Friday January 24th. Rioting continued between
anti-government demonstrators and police in Kiev
near the Dynamo Kiev Statium on Hrusehvskoho
Street. Rioting went through the night as protesters
sought to reinforce their positions.
March 6, 2014
108
109. Jan.
24 ,2014
Ukrainians gather at a barricade during continuous antigovernment protests in Kiev, Jan. 24, 2014.
March 6, 2014
109
110. Jan.
24 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Incendiary projectiles are ready to be used
by anti-government protesters near
Dynamo Stadium on Jan. 24, 2014 in Kiev.
110
111. Jan.
24 ,2014
Orthodox priests pray as they stand
between pro-European Union activists and
police lines in central Kiev, Jan. 24, 2014.
March 6, 2014
111
116. Jan.
25 ,2014
An anti-government protester uses a large sling shot during
clashes with police on Hrushevskoho Street near Dynamo
stadium on Jan. 25, 2014 in Kiev.
March 6, 2014
116
117. Jan.
25 ,2014
An Orthodox Christian priest prays in front of riot
police near protesters' barricades in the frosty
morning in central Kiev, Jan. 25, 2014.
March 6, 2014
117
118. Saturday January 25th. Rioting continued
between anti-government demonstrators
and police in Kiev near the Dynamo Kiev
Statium on Hrusehvskoho Street. Rioting
went through the night as protesters sought
to reinforce their positions.
Jan.
25 ,2014
March 6, 2014
118
119. Jan.
25 ,2014
An anti-government protester walks among burned buses
during clashes with police on Hrushevskoho Street near
Dynamo stadium on Jan. 25, 2014 in Kiev.
March 6, 2014
119
120. Jan.
25 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Ukrainian anti-government protesters walk past burning
tyres during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on
Jan. 25, 2014.
120
121. Jan.
25 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A Ukrainian protester burns tires during clashes
with police in Kiev on Jan. 25, 2014
121
125. Jan.
26 ,2014
Women light candles inside
Mikhailovsky Cathedral
before a memorial service for
Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an
anti-government protester
who was killed in clashes
with police on January 26,
2014 in Kiev.2014
March 6,
125
126. Jan.
26 ,2014
Women weep as a casket containing the body of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an
anti-government protester who was killed in clashes with police, is carried
past on Jan. 26, 2014 in Kiev.
March 6, 2014
126
127. Jan.
26 ,2014
A man uses a pole to remove the
remains of broken windows at
Ukrainian House, which was
taken over by anti-government
protesters on Jan. 26, 2014 in
Kiev.
March 6, 2014
127
128. Jan.
26 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Ukrainian protesters hold their flags outside of Mikhaylovsky
Cathedral as they pay their final respects to Belarussian
protester Mikhail Zhiznevsky during a funeral service in Kiev on
Jan. 26, 2014.
128
129. Jan.
26 ,2014
March 6, 2014
The body of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an anti-government
protester who was killed in clashes with police, rests in the back
of a hearse following a memorial service in his honor on Jan. 26,
2014 in Kiev.
129
130. Jan.
26 ,2014
March 6, 2014
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.
130
131. Jan.
28 ,2014
Riot police stand guard opposite anti-government
protesters in a park area near a road block in Kiev on Jan.
28, 2014.
March 6, 2014
131
132. Jan.
28 ,2014
A anti-government protesters rest near a fire next to
a road block in Kiev on Jan. 28, 2014.
March 6, 2014
132
133. Jan.
29 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters
gather in Independence Square on
Jan. 29, 2014 in Kiev.
133
134. Jan.
29 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Wednesday January 29th 2014. A group of "Mamas",
Ukrainian women pleading with police not to attack
protesters stage their daily protest in "no man's land"
between the police and the demonstrators barricades.
134
135. Jan.
29 ,2014
Wednesday January 29th
2014. Led by Orthodox
priests a procession
marches to the memorial
of the battle of Ktury for
an anniversary mass
remembering 300
students sent to the town
of Kruty on January 29th
1918 to defend the city of
Kiev against the
advancing Bolshevik.
About half of them lost
their lives.
March 6, 2014
135
136. Jan.
31
,2014
March 6, 2014
An opposition supporter engraves a baton with the
words "Maidan", referring to Kiev's Independence
Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest,
Jan. 31, 2014.
136
138. Feb.
1 , 2014
March 6, 2014
Feb. 1, 2014. Protesters stand guard near one of the
barricade during the continuing protest in Kiev, Ukraine.
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138
139. Feb.
2 , 2014
People gather on a barricade erected by anti-government protesters
in Kiev, February 2, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
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139
140. Feb.
2 , 2014
A boy holds a baton and a shield featuring a graffiti of Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovich at a barricade of anti-government
protesters in Kiev, February 2, 2014. The writing on the shield
reads, "Get Out!". REUTERS/Thomas Peter
March 6, 2014
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140
141. Feb. 3, 2014. A protester is reflected in part of a mirror near a
barricade during the continuing protests in Kiev, Ukraine.
Feb.
3 , 2014
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142. Feb.
3 , 2014
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Anti-government protesters warm themselves by a stove at a barricade in Kiev,
February 3, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich returned to work on
Monday, four days after going on sick leave, according to a statement posted on
the presidential website. Yanukovich faces a serious crisis and widespread
opposition protests. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
March 6, 2014
142
143. Feb.
3
,2014
Members of the radical group Pravy Sektor practice
street fighting in central Kiev, Feb. 3, 2014.
March 6, 2014
143
145. Feb.
5 , 2014
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Riot police stand in a cordon facing a barricade of anti-government protesters in Kiev, February 5, 2014.The confrontation between opposition-led
protesters and the government of President Viktor Yanukovich, and a refusal to agree a compromise, is weighing on the Ukrainian economy, acting prime
minister Serhiy Arbuzov said. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
145
146. Feb.
5 , 2014
Ukrainian anti-government protesters Bogdan (2nd L),
21, and Yulia, 25, get married during their wedding
ceremony in a city municipality building occupied by
anti-government protesters in Kiev, February 5,
2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
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147. Feb.
5 , 2014
Feb. 5, 2014. An anti-government protester welds steel
structures at a barricade in Independence Square.
March 6, 2014
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148. Feb.
6 , 2014
Police troops stand guard during an anti-government rally near the
parliament building in Kiev, February 6, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
March 6, 2014
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149. Feb.
9 , 2014
Feb. 9, 2014. A woman attends a mass rally of the
opposition on Independence Square in Kiev.
March 6, 2014
149
150. Feb.
10 , 2014
Feb. 10, 2014. A girl plays the piano
on the barricades on Grushevskogo
Street, Kiev, Ukraine.
March 6, 2014
150
151. Feb.
10 , 2014
Anatoli, a 19-year-old student from the town of Dnepropetrovsk, poses for a picture at the barricades in Kiev, February 10, 2014. "I'm against the current
rule, we are protecting our rights. I've been here for 2 weeks already. I will achieve the resignation of the authorities, in order for life to settle and justice to
work for all," Anatoli said to Reuters.REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
151
152. Feb.
11 , 2014
Feb. 11, 2014. Riot police stand behind crosses installed by antigovernment protesters in memory of the people who have died and
went missing during clashes in Ukraine, near the barricades in Kiev.
March 6, 2014
152
153. A priest speaks through a megaphone to riot
police and anti-government protesters at the
site of recent clashes in Kiev, Ukraine, February
12, 2014. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
Feb.
12 , 2014
March 6, 2014
153
154. A bulldozer removes barricades at the site of recent clashes with
riot police in Kiev February 16, 2014. Scores of Ukrainian antigovernment protesters ended a two-month-old occupation of city
hall in the capital Kiev on Sunday to meet a government amnesty
offer. REUTERS/Vlad Sodel
Feb.
16 , 2014
March 6, 2014
154
155. Feb.
16 , 2014
An anti-government protester removes barricades at the site of recent
clashes with riot police in Kiev February 16, 2014. Ukrainian antigovernment protesters ended a two-month-old occupation of city hall
in the capital Kiev on Sunday to meet an amnesty offer aimed at easing
a stand-off over President Viktor Yanukovich's
rule. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
March 6, 2014
155
156. Feb.
16 , 2014
A man with smoke bombs during anti-government
protesters participate in a rally before the Attorney
General's building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Protesters equipped
with shields and sticks demanding the government stop
prosecuting cases aimed at anti-government activists
engaged in skirmishes with police
March 6, 2014
156
158. Ukraine: The death toll continues to rise
Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence
following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet
republic. At least 26 people have already been killed. --Thea Breite
Feb.
18 , 2014
Police clash with anti-government protesters in Kiev on February 18, 2014 and fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to
Ukraine's parliament in Kiev. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the
heavily-fortified parliament building. (Anatolii Boiko/AFP/Getty Images
March 6, 2014
158
159. ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHWounded people walk after
clashes with riot police in central Kiev February 18, 2014. Ukrainian riot police advanced on the heart of 12week-old protests against President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday and security forces set a deadline to end
disturbances after at least five protesters were reported killed in a day of clashes. REUTERS/Vlad Sode
(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT
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159
160. Feb.
18 , 2014
Wounded people are seen after clashes with riot police in central Kiev
February 18, 2014. REUTERS//Vlad Sodel
March 6, 2014
160
161. Feb.
18 , 2014
Anti-government protesters clash with the police as they storm in the main Police City Office in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on February 18, 2014. Antigovernment protesters in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on February 18 seized the regional administration building and police headquarters as clashes
raged in Kiev, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. Some 500 demonstrators stormed the regional administration after bombarding it with stones before
taking the control of the local police headquarters in the largely pro-EU city. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images) #
March 6, 2014
161
162. Feb.
18 , 2014
Anti-government protesters attack an office of
the pro-presidential Party of the Regions in
Kiev, February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maksym
Kudymets
March 6, 2014
162
163. Feb.
18 , 2014
Anti-government protesters hold a photo of Ukraine's President
Viktor Yanukovich as they attack an office of the pro-presidential
Party of the Regions in Kiev, February 18,
2014. REUTERS/Maksym Kudymets
March 6, 2014
163
164. Feb.
18 , 2014
Riot police officers and a woman take cover behind shields
during clashes between anti-government protesters with police in
Kiev, February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maks Levin
March 6, 2014
164
165. Interior ministry members take cover behind shields
during clashes with anti-government protesters in Kiev
February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
Feb.
18 , 2014
March 6, 2014
165
166. Feb.
18 , 2014
A protester aims with a pistol during clashes with riot police in
Kiev February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
March 6, 2014
166
167. Feb.
18 , 2014
March 6, 2014
Ukranian riot police take cover behind their shields
during clashes with anti-government protesters near
Independence Square in Kiev February 18,
2014.REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
167
168. Feb.
18 , 2014
Anti-government protesters aim their weapons
during clashes with riot police at Independence
Square in Kiev February 18,
2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
168
169. Feb.
18 , 2014
Anti-government protesters help an injured man during
clashes with riot police at Independence Square in Kiev
February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
169
170. Feb.
18 , 2014
Anti-government protesters throw missiles
during clashes with riot police at the
Independence Square in Kiev January 18,
2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
170
171. Feb.
18 , 2014
An anti-government protester is engulfed in flames during
clashes with riot police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev,
Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP) #
March 6, 2014
171
172. Feb.
18 , 2014
An anti-government protester prepares to throw a petrol
bomb during clashes with riot police at the Independence
Square in Kiev February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
172
173. Feb.
18 , 2014
March 6, 2014
An anti-government protester throws bottles during clashes with
riot police at the Independence Square in Kiev February 18,
2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
173
174. Feb.
18 , 2014
Fireworks explode near anti-government protester
during clashes with riot police at the Independence
Square in Kiev February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
174
175. Wounded people are seen after
clashes with riot police in central Kiev
February 18, 2014. REUTERS//Vlad
Sodel
Feb.
18 , 2014
March 6, 2014
175
176. Feb.
18 , 2014
An anti-government protester throws a Molotov
cocktail while attacking an office of the propresidential Party of the Regions in Kiev February
18, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
March 6, 2014
176
177. Feb.
18 , 2014
Interior Ministry members clash with anti-government
protesters during a rally in Kiev February 18,
2014. REUTERS/Vlad Sodel
March 6, 2014
177
178. Feb.
18 , 2014
Police look at dead bodies lying on
the ground after clashes between antigovernment protesters and security
officers, in central Kiev February 18,
2014.REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin
March 6, 2014
178
179. Feb.
18 , 2014
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters throw Molotov cocktails as they attack an office of the
pro-presidential Party of the Regions in Kiev, February 18, 2014. Several thousand
anti-government protesters clashed with police near Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday,
torching vehicles and hurling stones in the worst violence to rock the capital Kiev in
more than three weeks. As the clashes extended into early afternoon, protesters
ransacked a nearby office of Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the
Regions. REUTERS/Maksym Kudymets
179
180. Feb.
18 , 2014
Riot policemen stand guard as they are hit
by fire caused by molotov cocktails hurled by
anti-government protesters during clashes in
Kiev February 18, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
March 6, 2014
180
181. Feb.
18 , 2014
Riot policemen detain wounded people
after clashes in central Kiev February
18, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
March 6, 2014
181
182. Feb.
18 , 2014
Interior Ministry members and riot police block a street
as anti-government protesters gather in front of them
amidst heavy smoke during clashes in Kiev February
18, 2014.REUTERS/Maksim Liukov
March 6, 2014
182
183. Feb.
18 ,2014
Interior Ministry members are on fire, caused by molotov cocktails hurled by anti-government protesters, as they stand
guard during clashes in Kiev February 18, 2014.REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool
March 6, 2014
183
184. Feb.
18 ,2014
Feb. 18, 2014. Anti-government protesters clash with
the police during their storming of Independence
Square in Kiev.
March 6, 2014
184
185. Feb.
18 , 2014
Anti-government protesters use fireworks during
clashes with Interior Ministry members and riot
police in central Kiev February 18,
2014. REUTERS/Olga Yakimovich
March 6, 2014
185
186. Feb.
18 , 2014
A tree burns during clashes between anti-government protesters and Interior Ministry
members and riot police in central Kiev, February 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Olga Yakimovich
A boy walks by a truck on fire during clashes between anti-government protesters
and Interior Ministry members in Kiev, February 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool
March 6, 2014
Riot police stand near wounded people after clashes in central Kiev, February 18,
2014.
REUTERS//Vlad Sodel
Wounded people lie on the ground after clashes in central Kiev February
18, 2014.
186
REUTERS/Stringer
187. Feb.
18 , 2014
Interior Ministry members injured during clashes with anti-government protesters are
escorted by colleagues in Kiev, February 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
An Interior Ministry member, who was injured during clashes with antigovernment protesters, is transported on a stretcher in Kiev, February 18,
2014.
March 6, 2014
REUTERS/Andrew Kravchenko/Pool
Wounded people are seen after clashes with riot police in central Kiev, February
18, 2014.
REUTERS//Vlad Sodel
Interior ministry members aim their rifles during clashes with anti-government
protesters in a street near the parliament in Kiev, February 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
187
189. Feb.
19 , 2014
March 6, 2014
An aerial view shows
Independence Square during
clashes between antigovernment protesters and
Interior Ministry members and
riot police in central Kiev
February 19, 2014. Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovich
warned his opponents on
Wednesday that he could
deploy force against them after
what he called their attempt to
"seize power" by means of
"arson and murder". (Olga
Yakimovich/Reuters) #
189
190. Feb.
19 , 2014
A wounded anti-government protester is evacuated during clashes with riot police on Kiev's
Independence Square on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh
assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the
worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. (Piero
Quaranta/AFP/Getty Images) #
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190
191. Feb.
19 , 2014
Anti-government protesters protected themselves with shields during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the
epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The deadly clashes in Ukraine’s capital have drawn
sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming
Europe and the West. (Sergei Chuzavkov/AP) #
March 6, 2014
191
192. Feb.
19 , 2014
Anti-government protesters are outside the destroyed regional police
office in Lviv February 19, 2014. Police said protesters had seized
regional administration headquarters in the cities of Ivano-Frankivsk
and Lviv. (Marian Striltsiv /Reuters) #
March 6, 2014
192
193. Feb.
19 , 2014
Anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has
again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an
abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) #
March 6, 2014
193
194. Feb.
19 ,2014
March 6, 2014
People rest inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's golden-domed cathedral), which
serves as a temporary shelter and a first-aid post for anti-government protesters, in Kiev February 19,
2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
194
195. Feb.
19 , 2014
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters clash with the police on Independence
Square in Kiev early on February 19, 2014. As dawn rose over Kiev's
battered city center, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov
cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the
devastated protest camp on Independence Square. (Sergei
Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) #
195
196. Feb.
19 , 2014
A hotel clerk looks out the lobby window at a barricade
that was constructed on an adjacent street overnight near
the perimeter of Independence Square on February 19,
2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) #
March 6, 2014
196
197. Feb.
19 , 2014
Protesters dig up cobblestones to use them against riot
police on Kiev's Independence Square on February 19,
2014. (Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images) #
March 6, 2014
197
198. Feb.
19 , 2014
March 6, 2014
A portrait of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich burns near the destroyed building of the security
service in Lviv February 19, 2014. Opponents of Ukraine's president declared political autonomy in
the major western city of Lviv on Wednesday after a night of violence when protesters seized public
buildings and forced police to surrender. (Marian Striltsiv/Reuters) #
198
199. Feb.
19 , 2014
An anti-government protester uses a slingshot to throw stones towards riot police on Kiev's
Independence Square on February 19, 2014. (Piero Quaranta/AFP/Getty Images) #
March 6, 2014
199
200. A man walks at the site of clashes
between anti-government
protesters with Interior Ministry and
riot police in Kiev, February 19,
2014. Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovich accused pro-European
opposition leaders on Wednesday of
trying to seize power by force after
at least 26 people died in the worst
violence since the former Soviet
republic gained independence.
(Konstantin Grishin/Reuters) #
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19 , 2014
March 6, 2014
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201. Feb.
19 , 2014
Interior Ministry members stand in formation in front of antigovernment protesters during a rally in central Kiev in the early
hours of February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Viktor Gurniak
March 6, 2014
201
202. Feb.
19 , 2014
An injured man is helped by anti-government protesters
during clashes with riot police in Independence Square in
Kiev February 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
202
203. Feb.
19 , 2014
An anti-government protester descends from a
burning building during clashes with riot police in
Independence Square in Kiev February 19,
2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
203
204. A general view shows clashes at Independence Square
in Kiev February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Feb.
19 , 2014
March 6, 2014
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205. Feb.
19 , 2014
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters clash with riot police
at Independence Square in Kiev February 19,
2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
205
206. Feb.
19 , 2014
Ukrainian women prepare Molotov cocktails
at Independence Square in Kiev February
19, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
206
207. Feb.
19 , 2014
An aerial view shows Independence Square during clashes between anti-government
protesters and Interior Ministry members and riot police in central Kiev February 19,
2014.
REUTERS/Olga Yakimovich
A man prays as people rest inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral, which
serves as a temporary shelter and a first-aid post for anti-government protesters,
in Kiev, February 19, 2014.
March 6, 2014
REUTERS/Stringer
Anti-government protesters take cover behind shields as they gather in
Independence Square in central Kiev February 19, 2014. Ukraine's interim
prime minister said on Wednesday that protests which brought violent clashes
with police on Tuesday amounted to an attempted coup.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
An anti-government protester smoke while
manning a barricade in Kiev's Independence
Square February 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
207
208. Feb.
19 , 2014
Smoke rises above Independence Square during anti-government protests in
central Kiev in the early hours of February 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Petro Zadorozhny
Anti-government protesters throw stones towards Interior Ministry members and
riot police in Independence Square in central Kiev February 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Anti-government protesters stand behind burning barricades in Kiev's Independence
Square, February 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Anti-government protesters gather and break stones during a rally in central Kiev,
February 19, 2014.
March 6, 2014
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
208
209. Feb.
19 , 2014
A woman carries sandwiches as anti-government protesters gather in
Independence Square in central Kiev, February 19, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
An anti-government protester takes cover behind a shield during a rally in
Independence Square in central Kiev, February 19, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Anti-government protesters use a sling as they fire objects towards Interior Ministry
members and riot police in central Kiev, February 19, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry timber as they gather in Independence Square in
central Kiev, February 19, 2014.
209
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
210. Feb.
19 ,2014
An aerial view shows Independence Square during clashes
between anti-government protesters and Interior Ministry
members and riot police in central Kiev February 19,
2014. REUTERS/Olga Yakimovich
March 6, 2014
210
211. Feb. 19, 2014. Riot police officers stand on
Independence Square during on-going anti-government
protests in downtown Kiev, Ukraine.
Feb.
19 ,2014
March 6, 2014
211
212. Feb.
20, 2014
Anti-government stand on a grass bank during clashes with
riot police Independence Square in Kiev February 20,
2014. REUTERS/Maks Levin
March 6, 2014
212
213. Feb.
20, 2014
An anti-government protester shoots an improvised device
during clashes with riot police in the Independence Square in
Kiev February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
March 6, 2014
213
214. Feb.
20, 2014
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry bags
filled with stones to build barricades
around the Independence Square during
clashes with riot police in Kiev February
20, 2014.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
214
215. Feb.
20, 2014
An anti-government protester reels barbed
wire around a barricade during clashes with
riot police in the Independence Square in Kiev
February 20, 2014.REUTERS/Konstantin
Chernichkin
March 6, 2014
215
216. Feb.
20, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry bags filled with
stones to build barricades around the Independence
Square during clashes with riot police in Kiev February
20, 2014.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
216
217. Feb.
20, 2014
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry an injured
man on a stretcher in Independence Square in
Kiev February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko
217
218. Feb.
20, 2014
An anti-government protester aims a rifle during
clashes with riot police in Independence Square in
Kiev February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Maks Levin
March 6, 2014
218
219. Feb.
20, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry a man with a bullet
wound on his leg during clashes with riot police in the
Independence Square in Kiev February 20,
2014.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
March 6, 2014
219
220. Feb.
20, 2014
March 6, 2014
A woman reacts as anti-government
protesters place a dead body on a stretcher
after violence erupted in the Independence
Square in Kiev February 20,
220
2014.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
221. Feb.
20, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry an injured
man on a stretcher in Independence Square in
Kiev February 20, 2014. REUTERS/David
Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
221
222. A priest talks on a telephone in the hotel
Ukraine near bodies of anti-government
protesters killed during clashes with riot police
in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Feb.
20 , 2014
March 6, 2014
222
223. Feb.
20 ,2014
Anti-government protesters reel barbed wire around a
barricade during clashes with riot police in the
Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
An anti-government protester sets up a barricade using bricks in central Kiev February
20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Anti-government protesters pass on rocks as they help comrades to set up a new
barricade in central Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters clean the Independence Square after clashes with riot
police in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
223
224. Feb.
20 ,2014
Anti-government protesters fill bags to build new barricades after clashes with riot police
in Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Anti-government protesters push a cart with bags filled with stones to build barricades
in central Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry bags filled with stones to build barricades around the
Independence Square during clashes with riot police in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Anti-government protesters pile pavement bricks to build barricades around the
Independence Square during clashes with riot police in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
224
225. Feb.
20 ,2014
Anti-government protesters set up a barricade using bricks in central Kiev February 20,
2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
An anti-government protester carries tyres through the rubble after violence erupted in
the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters push logs to build barricades during clashes with riot police
in the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
Anti-government protesters carry bags filled with stones to build barricades in central
Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
225
226. Feb.
20 ,2014
Anti-government protesters pass on bricks to help comrades to set up a barricade in central
Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Anti-government protesters pass bricks to each other as they build new barricades after
clashes with riot police in Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
An anti-government protester carries tyres to build new barricades after clashes with riot
police in Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Anti-government protesters sit in front of a barricade in central Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
226
227. Feb.
20 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A protestor stands near barricades
during clashes with riot police in
central Kiev on February 20. At
least 25 protesters were killed on
February 20 in fresh clashes
between thousands of
demonstrators and heavily armed
riot police. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty
Images) #
227
228. Feb.
20 ,2014
A paramedic looks at the identification document
of a killed anti-government protester, in central
Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. A brief
truce in Ukraine's embattled capital failed
Thursday, spiraling into fierce clashes between
police and anti-government protesters. (Darko
Bandic/AP) #
March 6, 2014
228
229. Feb.
20 ,2014
An injured man reacts as he is carried
on a stretcher by anti-government
protesters after clashes with riot police
in the Independence Square in Kiev
February 20, 2014.REUTERS/Yannis
Behrakis
March 6, 2014
229
230. Feb.
20 ,2014
Anti-government protesters carry tyres to their barricades after clashes with riot police in
the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
A man holds the hand of his dead son
during the transfer of over a dozen of
corpses from a hotel lobby to a local
hospital following clashes with riot
police at Independence Square in Kiev,
February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
March 6, 2014
Anti-government protesters carry logs to build barricades after violence erupted in the
Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
The helmet of a dead anti-government
protester lies on bloody sheets in the lobby
of the hotel Ukraine in Kiev, February 20,
2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
230
231. Feb.
20 ,2014
Anti-government protesters carry an injured man on a stretcher after violence erupted in
the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
An injured man reacts as he is attended by anti-government protesters during clashes with
riot police in the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
231
232. An anti-government protester reacts in front of dead bodies covered with
blankets after violence erupted in the Independence Square in Kiev February
20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Feb.
20 ,2014
An anti-government protester reacts following clashes with riot police in
Independence Square in Kiev, February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
A priest assists an injured anti-government protester following clashes with riot police in
Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
232
233. Feb.
20 ,2014
An anti-government protester carries a barrel after clashes with riot police
in the Independence Square in Kiev, February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
An injured man reacts as he is attended to by anti-government protesters during
clashes with riot police in Independence Square in Kiev, February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
March 6, 2014
233
234. Anti-government protesters attend an injured man during clashes with riot police in the
Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
Feb.
20 ,2014
A woman reacts in front of dead bodies of anti-government
protesters dead body on a stretcher after violence erupted
in the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Blood and stretchers are seen on the pavement during clashes with
riot police near Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Maks Levin
March 6, 2014
A woman reacts as dead bodies are seen on
the ground following violence in
Independence Square in Kiev February 20,
2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
234
235. Feb.
20 ,2014
Dead bodies are seen on the ground after clashes between anti-government
protesters and riot police in the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Petro Zadorozhnyy
Medical personnel prepare an improvised field hospital
in the lobby of hotel Ukraine during clashes between
anti-government demonstrators and riot police in Kiev
February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
A man covers a dead body in Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
An injured man reacts as he is carried on a stretcher by anti-government protesters
after clashes with riot police in the Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
235
236. Feb.
20 ,2014
A priest assists an injured anti-government protester following clashes
with riot police in Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Injured men receive medical assistance in Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2014.
REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Wounded people are seen after clashes with riot police in central Kiev February 18,
2014.
REUTERS//Vlad Sodel
March 6, 2014
236
237. Feb.
20 ,2014
People pray near the bodies of antigovernment protesters killed during
clashes with riot police in Kiev
February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
March 6, 2014
237
238. Feb.
20 ,2014
Feb. 20, 2014. Protesters burn as they
stand behind burning barricades
during clashes with police in Kiev,
Ukraine.
March 6, 2014
238
239. Feb.
20 ,2014
Feb. 20, 2014. An injured man struggles to
breathe as he is carried on a stretcher by
anti-government protesters after clashes
with riot police in the Independence
Square in Kiev, Ukraine.
March 6, 2014
239
240. Feb.
20 ,2014
Anti-government protesters carry an
injured man on a stretcher after clashes
with riot police in the Independence
Square in Kiev February 20,
2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
March 6, 2014
240
241. Feb.
20 ,2014
Feb. 20, 2014. A protester holds an Ukranian
national flag from a burned building during a
face-off against police in Kiev. Ukraine.
March 6, 2014
241
242. Feb.
20 ,2014
Feb. 20, 2014. Bodies of anti-government
protesters killed in clashes with police lay
at the Independence Square in Kiev,
Ukraine.
March 6, 2014
242
243. Feb.
20 ,2014
An anti-government protester waves the national
flag from the top of a statue during clashes with riot
police in the Independence Square in Kiev February
20, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
March 6, 2014
243
244. Feb.
20 ,2014
March 6, 2014
An anti-government protester stands watch at front-line barricades near Independence Square, on
February 20, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between
anti-government protesters and police, with dozens killed. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
244
245. Feb.
20 ,2014
20 FEB 2014. KIEV, UKRAINE.
REUTERS/DAVID MDZINARISHVILI
March 6, 2014
245
246. Feb.
21, 2014
Interior Ministry members in plain-clothes who were detained by
anti-government protesters during clashes, are escorted out after
they were granted freedom in central Kiev February 21,
2014. REUTERS/Olga Yakimovich
March 6, 2014
246
247. Feb.
21, 2014
An anti-government protester prepares
traditional Ukranian soup in Kiev's
Independence square early February 21,
2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
March 6, 2014
247
249. Feb.
21 ,2014
An anti-government protester mans a barricade in Kiev February 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) signs an EU-mediated peace deal
between Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich and opposition leaders, aiming to end a violent
standoff that has left dozens dead and opening the way for a early presidential election this
year, at the presidential headquarters in Kiev February 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Pool
March 6, 2014
Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Ukrainian opposition leader
Vitaly Klitschko (R) sign an EU-mediated peace deal between Ukraine's President Viktor
Yanukovich and opposition leaders, aiming to end a violent standoff that has left dozens
dead and opening the way for a early presidential election this year, at the presidential
headquarters in Kiev February 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
An anti-government protester sits in a car built into a barricade in Kiev February 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
249
250. Feb.
An anti-government protester
throws a burning tyre at a
barricade in Kiev February 21,
2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
21 ,2014
An anti-government protester tends a
fire as he mans a barricade in Kiev
February 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Baz Ratner
March 6, 2014
People attend the funeral of an anti-government
protester who was killed during Thursday's clashes
with riot police, in Lviv February 21, 2014. A
breakthrough peace deal for Ukraine halted two
days of violence that had turned the centre of the
capital into a war zone and killed 77 people, bringing
sweeping political change that met many demands
of the pro-European opposition.
REUTERS/Marian Striltsiv
A man prays by a barricade near
Independence Square in Kiev February 21,
2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
250
251. Feb.
21 ,2014
Feb. 21, 2014.A scarecrow like mock anti-government
protestor is pictured on a barricade between protestors and
government forces in Kiev., Ukraine.
March 6, 2014
251
252. Feb.
21 ,2014
An anti-government protester
mans a barricade in Kiev
February 21, 2014. Violence
flared again in Kiev on Friday
as Ukraine's opposition
politicians pondered a draft
deal with Russian-backed
President Viktor Yanukovich.
(David
Mdzinarishvili/Reuters) #
March 6, 2014
252
253. Feb.
21 ,2014
A priest holds a crucifix at a
barricade in Kiev February 21,
2014. Violence flared again in
Kiev on Friday as Ukraine's
opposition politicians
pondered a draft deal with
Russian-backed President
Viktor Yanukovich. (Baz
Ratner/Reuters) #
March 6, 2014
253
254. Feb.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A man attends a funeral service for two anti-government protesters who were killed after days of violence
in Kiev February 22, 2014. Protesters seized the Kiev office of President Viktor Yanukovich on Saturday and
the opposition demanded a new election be held by May, as the pro-Russian leader's grip on power rapidly
eroded following bloodshed in the capital. (Baz Ratner/Reuters) #
254
255. Feb.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
People carry a coffin of a man who was killed during recent clashes, as they gather
at Independence Square on February 22, 2014. Newly freed Ukrainian opposition
icon Yulia Tymoshenko received a rapturous welcome on Independence Square on
February 22, 2014, declaring "You are heroes, you are the best of Ukraine" to the
50,000-strong crowd before breaking down in tears. The latest developments in the
ex-Soviet nation's three-month political crisis came after protesters took control of
Kiev's charred city centre and seized Yanukovych's lavish residence on a day of
dramatic twists and turns. AFP PHOTO /BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty
Images
255
256. Feb.
22 ,2014
An alleged sniper (C) and member of the pro-government
forces is beaten by anti-government protestors in Kiev on
February 22, 2014. The regime of Ukraine's president
appeared close to collapse on February 22 as the
emboldened opposition took control of central Kiev and
key government and parliament positions and voted to
immediately free its jailed leader Yulia Tymoshenko. AFP
PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
March 6, 2014
256
257. Feb.
22 ,2014
People look through windows of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich as anti-government protesters and journalists walk on
the grounds in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev February 22, 2014. Hundreds of people entered the grounds of Yanukovich's sprawling residence outside
Kiev on Saturday but had not gone inside the building itself, a Reuters photographer said. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL
UNREST) - RTX19BUI
March 6, 2014
257
258. Feb.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
An anti-government protester waits outside the parliament building in Kiev on February 22, 2014. Ukraine's parliament
on February 22 voted to hold early presidential elections on May 25, passing a resolution stating that Viktor
Yanukovych had failed to properly fulfill his duties as president. The resolution said that Yanukovych "is removing
himself (from power) because he is not fulfilling his obligations, and (that parliament) is setting elections for May 25."
(Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) #
258
259. Feb.
22 ,2014
Anti-government protesters stand guard in front of the
parliament building in Kiev on February 22, 2014.
(Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) #
March 6, 2014
259
260. Feb.
22 ,2014
Jaroslaw Seleznov, a protester from the Ukraine who
was injured during clashes on in Kiev's Independence
Square, is in a hospital room in Warsaw, Poland, 22
February 2014. Ukraine's Health Ministry said that the
unrest in Kiev had claimed at least 77 lives since 18
February. Protest leaders put the death toll higher and
doctors affiliated with the opposition said more than
100 people died in clashes on 20 February. (Radek
Pietruszka/EPA) #
March 6, 2014
260
261. Feb.
22 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Flowers are left at a barricade in memory of anti-government protesters killed in recent
clashes in central Kiev February 22, 2014. Ukraine's parliament voted on Saturday to remove
President Viktor Yanukovich, who abandoned his Kiev office to protesters and denounced
what he described as a coup after a week of fighting in the streets of the capital. (Vasily
Fedosenko/Reuters) #
261
262. Feb.
22 ,2014
An anti-government protester in the Independence Square in Kiev on February 22, 2014. Protesters seized the Kiev office
of President Viktor Yanukovich on Saturday and the opposition demanded a new election be held by May, as the proRussian leader's grip on power rapidly eroded following bloodshed in the capital. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters) #
March 6, 2014
262
263. Feb.
23 ,2014
A woman poses for a picture with the figures of
Soviet soldiers at the base of the Soviet Army
monument, parts of which have been painted in
the colors of the Ukrainian flag by an unknown
person, in Sofia February 23,
2014. REUTERS/Pierre Marsaut
March 6, 2014
263
264. Feb.
23 ,2014
A woman kneels in front of Ukrainian riot police unit "Berkut" as
they stand by during rallies by anti and pro-Yanukovich supporters
in the eastern city of Donetsk, February 23, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily
Fedosenko
March 6, 2014
264
265. Feb.
23 ,2014
An anti-government protestor waits at
the entrance of Independence square
in Kiev on February 23, 2014. A new
era opened in Ukraine on February 23
as parliament gave itself three days to
form a new government after
impeaching a defiant president Viktor
Yanukovych and calling early elections
following a week of carnage.
Yanukovych's whereabouts remained a
mystery amid claims he tried and failed
to escape the country and was hiding
out in the east, his historic power base,
where localised, minor clashes erupted
overnight. AFP PHOTO / BULENT
KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
March 6, 2014
265
266. Feb.
23 ,2014
A woman attends a religious service at a
church in Kiev February 23,
2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
March 6, 2014
266
267. Feb.
24 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A carnation is placed by mourners onto a barricade in Kiev's Independent Square February 24, 2014.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, ousted after bloody street protests in which demonstrators
were shot by police snipers, is wanted for mass murder, authorities announced on Monday. (Yannis
Behrakis/Reuters) #
267
268. Feb.
24 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Gas masks from opposition
supporters are seen next to a
barricade in Kiev's
Independence Square Monday,
Feb. 24, 2014. Ukraine's acting
government issued a warrant
Monday for the arrest of
President Viktor Yanukovych,
last reportedly seen in the proRussian Black Sea peninsula of
Crimea, accusing him of mass
crimes against protesters who
stood up for months against his
rule. (Emilio Morenatti/AP) #
268
269. Feb.
24 ,2014
March 6, 2014
Flowers and a portrait of a dead antigovernment protester lay on a barricade
in central Kiev on February 24, 2014.
(Louisa Gouliamamaki/AFP/Getty
Images) #
269
270. Feb.
24 ,2014
A bathroom at the Mezhyhirya, the private residence of
ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, near Kiev
on February 24, 2014. Crowds of protesters journalists
and ordinary citizens entered his incredibly luxurious
compound . Besides his huge mansion, the president had
his own private zoo, golf course, helipad, and a massive
boat. #
March 6, 2014
270
271. Feb.
24 ,2014
A Right Sector anti-Yanukovich protester
guards a barricade in central Kiev February
24, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
March 6, 2014
271
272. Feb.
24 ,2014
An anti-Yanukovich sticker is on a
burnt truck near the house of
parliament in Kiev February 24,
2014. (Baz Ratner/Reuters) #
March 6, 2014
272
273. Feb.
24 ,2014
An interior view from the house of Ukraine's former
prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka in the village of
Gorenichy outside Kiev, Ukraine, February 24,
2014.REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
March 6, 2014
273
274. Feb.
24 ,2014
Local riot police kneel as they apologize to Lviv residents for taking
part in an operation against anti-government protesters in Kiev but
said that they did not beat protesters, during a rally in central Lviv,
Ukraine February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Roman Baluk
March 6, 2014
274
275. Feb.
24 ,2014
March 6, 2014
A woman lights a candle to pay her
respects to fallen anti-Yanukovich
protesters in central Lviv, Ukraine
February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Marian
Striltsiv
275
276. Feb.
24 ,2014
A man sits on a chair in the house of Ukraine's
former prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka in the
village of Gorenichy outside Kiev February 24,
2014. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
March 6, 2014
276
277. Feb.
25 ,2014
A woman mourns before a makeshift memorial in front of a barricade for those killed in
recent violence in Kiev's Independence Square February 25, 2014. Ukraine's parliament voted
to send fugitive President Viktor Yanukovich to be tried by the International Criminal Court
for "serious crimes" committed during violent anti-government protests in which scores were
killed.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
A carnation is seen at a makeshift memorial atop a barricade made of vehicle
tyres for those killed in recent violence in Kiev's Independence Square
February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
A woman mourns before a makeshift memorial for those killed in recent
violence in Kiev's Independence Square February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Photos of some of those killed in recent violence are seen at a
makeshift memorial in Kiev's Independence Square February 25,
2014.
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Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet lays a wreath at a make-shift memorial for
those killed in recent violence in Kiev February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin
A man mourns at a make-shift memorial for those killed in recent violence in
Kiev February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
March 6, 2014
A woman mourns before a makeshift memorial in front of a barricade for those
killed in recent violence in Kiev's Independence Square February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
People mourn at a make-shift memorial for those killed in recent violence in
Kiev February 25, 2014.
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A man mourns at a make-shift memorial for those killed in recent violence in
Kiev February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
An anti-Yanukokvich protester stands behind a shield as people lay flowers at a
makeshift memorial for those killed in recent violence in Kiev February 25,
2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
People mourn at a make-shift memorial for those killed in recent violence in
Kiev February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
March 6, 2014
People walk past a makeshift memorial for those killed in recent violence in
Kiev February 25, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
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Anti-Yanukovych protesters sit next to
a shop occupied by demonstrators in
Kiev's Independence Square, the
epicenter of the country's current
unrest, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 25,
2014. The Ukrainian parliament on
Tuesday delayed the formation of a
new government, reflecting political
tensions and economic challenges
following the ouster of the Russiabacked president. Parliament speaker
Oleksandr Turchinov, who was named
Ukraine's interim leader after
President Viktor Yanukovych fled the
capital, said that a new government
should be in place by Thursday,
instead of Tuesday, as he had earlier
indicated. (AP Photo/Emilio
Morenatti)
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TOPSHOTS
A woman cries as she stay on Kiev's Independence Square on February 25, 2014. Ukraine issued an arrest warrant Monday for ousted
president Viktor Yanukovych over the "mass murder" of protesters and appealed for $35 billion in Western aid to pull the crisis-hit country
from the brink of economic collapse. The dramatic announcements by the ex-Soviet nation's new Western-leaning team -- approved by
parliament over a chaotic weekend that saw the pro-Russian leader go into hiding -- came as a top EU envoy arrived in Kiev to buttress its
sudden tilt away from Moscow. AFP PHOTO/ BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
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Tens of thousands gather in Kiev's Independence square to hear the line-up of the new pro-Western cabinet on February 26, 2014. The line-up of the new
pro-Western cabinet is due to be read out to the masses on Kiev's barricades-riven Independence Square -- the crucible of the latest wave of protests and
also the site of the pro-democracy 2004 Orange Revolution that first nudged Ukraine on its Westward course.
AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC
(Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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26 ,2014
Women hold pictures of protesters who were killed in clashes with police during recent
demonstrations as they take part in a commemerative procession in central Kiev on February 26,
2014. Ukraine's pro-Western interim leaders were set to unveil their new cabinet today after
disbanding the feared riot police as they sought to build confidence in the splintered and
economically ravaged ex-Soviet nation. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
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26 ,2014
A protestor rests around a fire near barricades in central Kiev
on February 26, 2014. Ukraine's pro-Western interim leaders
were set to unveil their new cabinet today after disbanding
the feared riot police as they sought to build confidence in the
splintered and economically ravaged ex-Soviet nation. AFP
PHOTO/BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
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Ukrainian men help pull one another out of a stampede as a flag of Crimea is seen during clashes at rallies held by ethnic
Russians and Crimean Tatars near the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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26 ,2014
Ukrainian police officers guard local government building
during a protest in Simferopol, Feb. 26, 2014.
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Ukrainian and Russian supporters clash during a protest near the
Parliament building in Simferopol, Feb. 26, 2014.
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26 ,2014
A Ukrainian man walks away after being injured in a stampede during
clashes at rallies held by ethnic Russians and Crimean Tatars near the
Crimean parliament building in Simferopol, Feb. 26, 2014.
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March 6, 2014
Crimean Tatars hold flags during rallies
near the Crimean parliament building in
Simferopol, Feb. 26, 2014.
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March 6, 2014
A Pro-Russian demonstrator waves Russian and Crimea flags atop
an old Soviet Army tank during a protest in front of a local
government building in Simferopol, Feb. 27, 2014.
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People carry a giant Russian flag during a proRussian rally in Simferopol, Feb. 27, 2014.
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Sheep graze next to an old election sign on a road
from Simferopol to Sevastopol, Feb. 27, 2014.
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A man gestures during a pro-Russian rally
outside the Crimean parliament building in
Simferopol, Feb. 27, 2014.
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Barricades block the entrance to government
buildings in Simferopol, Crimea, with a banner
that reads "Crimea Russia," Feb. 27, 2014.
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28 ,2014
A local resident watches a TV broadcast of
ousted Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovich's news conference, in Kiev,
February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Alex Kuzmin
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March 6, 2014
Russian troops block the road way towards
the military airport at the Black Sea port of
Sevastopol in Crimea, Feb. 28, 2014.
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The gunmen wearing similar military uniforms without
markings leave the scene by military trucks after captured
the airport in the capital of Ukraine's Crimea region,
Simferopol on Feb. 28, 2014.
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Soldiers, who were wearing no identifying insignia and declined to say whether they were Russian or Ukrainian, patrol
outside the Simferopol International Airport after a pro-Russian crowd had gathered on Feb. 28, 2014.
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A flag of the Russian Navy hangs from a tree as
policemen stand guard in front of the local
parliament building on Feb. 28, 2014 in Simferopol.
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