President Yanukovych overthrown; Yanukovych becomes a fugitive and flees to Russia
Restoration of the 2004 amendments to Constitution of Ukraine
Interim government formed[3]
Pro-Russian, anti-revolutionary unrest in southern and eastern Ukraine, leading to the Russo-Ukrainian War
Yulia Tymoshenko released from prison
50 persons, including top officials, charged with organizing the killing of protesters[4]
Berkut special police dissolved
Nationwide destruction of Soviet monuments[5]
Parties
Maidan People's Union
Anti-government civilian protesters
Parliamentary opposition parties
Defected police officers[6]
Government of Ukraine
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Berkut
Militsiya
Internal Troops
Security Service
Alpha Group[7]
Titushky[8]
Supported by: Russia
Lead figures
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Vitali Klitschko
Oleh Tyahnybok
Petro Poroshenko
Yuriy Lutsenko
Oleksandr Turchynov
Yulia Tymoshenko
Andriy Parubiy
Andriy Sadovyi
Arsen Avakov
Dmytro Yarosh
Ruslana
Viktor Yanukovych
Serhiy Arbuzov
Vitaliy Zakharchenko
Oleksandr Yefremov
Andriy Klyuyev
Hennadiy Kernes
Mikhail Dobkin
Viktor Pshonka
Olena Lukash
Yuriy Boyko
Leonid Kozhara
Dmytro Tabachnyk
Number
Kyiv:
400,000–800,000 protesters[9]
12,000 "self-defense sotnia"[10][11]
Elsewhere in Ukraine:
50,000 (Lviv)[12]
20,000 (Cherkasy)[13]
10,000+ (Ternopil)[14]
other cities and towns
Law enforcement in Kyiv:
4,000 Berkut
1,000 Internal Troops
3,000–4,000 titushky[15]
Pro-government/anti-EU demonstrations:
20,000–60,000 (Kyiv)
40,000 (Kharkiv)[16]
15,000 (Donetsk)[17]
10,000 (Simferopol)[18]
2,500 pro-Russia (Sevastopol)[19]
Casualties and losses
Deaths: 108 (January–February)[20]
Injured: 1,100+[21][22]
Arrested: 77[23]
Deaths: 13[20]
Injured: 272[22]
Captured: 67[24]
Overall deaths: 121[20]
Overall injuries: 1,811[25]
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Russo-Ukrainian War (outline)
Background
Novorossiya
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Russia–Ukraine relations
Budapest Memorandum
2003 Tuzla Island conflict
Orange Revolution
2007 Munich speech of Vladimir Putin
Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
Euromaidan
Revolution of Dignity
Crimea
Annexation
Timeline
Little green men
Krymnash
Crimean Parliament
Belbek Airport
Southern Naval Base
2014 Simferopol
2014 Russian protests
Major topics
2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism
Information war
cyberwarfare
ransomware
cyberattacks
Belarusian involvement
International sanctions
Media portrayal
Foreign aid (military
humanitarian)
War in Donbas
Timeline
Capture of Donetsk
Sloviansk
Kramatorsk
Artemivsk
Mariupol
Sievierodonetsk
Il-76 shootdown
Zelenopillia rocket attack
Karlivka
1st Donetsk Airport
Luhansk Border Base
Krasnyi Lyman
Sector D clashes
Great Raid of 2014
Shakhtarsk Raion
Horlivka
Yasynuvata
Ilovaisk
Novoazovsk
2nd Mariupol
2nd Donetsk Airport
Debaltseve
International recognition
Post-Minsk II conflict
2015
Shyrokyne (2015)
Marinka (2015)
2016
Svitlodarsk (2016)
2017
Avdiivka (2017)
2018
Kerch Strait incident (2018)
2019
2020
2021
2022
Attacks on civilians
Sloviansk
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Novosvitlivka
Volnovakha
Donetsk
Mariupol
Kramatorsk
Stanytsia Luhanska
Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present) (Timeline)
Prelude to invasion (Reactions)
Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Northern Ukraine campaign
Hostomel
Kyiv
Chernihiv
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Avdiivka
Mariupol
Kharkiv
Izium
Battle of Donbas
Sievierodonetsk
Lysychansk
Bakhmut
Kharkiv counteroffensive
Vuhledar
Southern Ukraine campaign
1st Kherson
Melitopol
Mykolaiv
Voznesensk
Kherson counteroffensive
2nd Kherson
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Effects and aftermath
Economic impact
Peace negotiations
Protests in occupied Ukraine
War crimes
Government and intergovernmental reactions
Non-government reactions
Protests
Russian protests
ICJ case
Arrest warrants
Related
Zagreb Tu-141 crash
Russian mystery fires
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
Soloti training ground shooting
Brovary helicopter crash
Black Sea drone incident
Belgorod accidental bombing
Bryansk Oblast military aircraft crashes
Wagner Group rebellion
Wagner Group plane crash
The Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідності, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosti), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,[2] took place in Ukraine in February 2014[2][1] at the end of the Euromaidan protests,[1] when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of elected President Viktor Yanukovych, the return to the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine, and the outbreak of the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War.[1][2]
In November 2013, a wave of large-scale protests known as "Euromaidan" began in response to President Yanukovych's decision not to sign a political association and free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), instead choosing closer ties to Russia. Earlier that year the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) had overwhelmingly approved finalizing the agreement;[26] Russia had pressured Ukraine to reject it.[27] The scope of the protests widened, with calls for the resignation of Yanukovych and the Azarov government.[28] Protesters opposed what they saw as widespread government corruption and abuse of power, the influence of Russia and oligarchs, police brutality, human rights violations,[29][30] and repressive anti-protest laws.[29]
A large, barricaded protest camp occupied Independence Square in central Kyiv throughout the 'Maidan Uprising'. In January and February 2014, clashes between protesters and Berkut special riot police resulted in the deaths of 108 protesters and 13 police officers,[20] and the wounding of many others. The first protesters were killed in fierce clashes with police on Hrushevsky Street on 19–22 January. Following this, protesters occupied government buildings throughout the country, and the Azarov government resigned. The deadliest clashes were on 18–20 February, which saw the most severe violence in Ukraine since it regained independence.[31] Thousands of protesters advanced towards parliament, led by activists with shields and helmets, who were fired on by police snipers.[20]
On 21 February, Yanukovych and the parliamentary opposition signed an agreement to bring about an interim unity government, constitutional reforms and early elections. Police abandoned central Kyiv that afternoon and the protesters took control. Yanukovych fled the city that evening.[32] The next day, 22 February, the Ukrainian parliament voted to remove Yanukovych from office by 328 to 0 (about 73% of the parliament's 450 members).[33][34][35][36] Yanukovych claimed this vote was illegal and asked Russia for help.[37] Russian propaganda described the events as a "coup".[38][39][40]
Pro-Russian, counter-revolutionary protests erupted in southern and eastern Ukraine. Russia occupied and then annexed Crimea,[41][42] while armed pro-Russian separatists seized government buildings and proclaimed the independent states of Donetsk and Luhansk, sparking the Donbas war.
The Ukrainian parliament restored the 2004 amendments to the Ukrainian constitution.[43] An interim government, led by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, signed the EU association agreement and disbanded the Berkut. Petro Poroshenko became president after winning the 2014 presidential elections. The new government began a removal of civil servants associated with the overthrown regime.[44][45][46] There was also widespread decommunization and de-Sovietization of the country.
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