Euromaidan

…of the Maidan (also called Euromaidan) protest movement that led to Ukrainian Pres. Viktor Yanukovych’s being deposed in February 2014. Among important buildings on the street is that of the city council, where the elected deputies hold their meetings.

…and the buildings surrounding the Maidan were scorched by petrol bombs. Abandoned by his political allies and under threat of impeachment, Yanukovych fled to Russia, and the protesters, dubbed the Euromaidan movement, ushered in a pro-Western government.

…to be known as the Euromaidan movement. In February 2014, after scores of demonstrators were killed by government security forces in Kiev and with parliament voting to impeach him, Yanukovych fled to Russia. The parliament established an interim government, and within days it was confronted with a crisis in the…