12 years ago, Feb 18 into the early hours of Feb 19, security forces attempted to clear #IndependenceSquare, #Kyiv. They stormed the main #protest camp. 17 protesters and 5 riot police died

#Euromaidan #RevolutionOfDignity

Dear "it was a Western plot" #vatnik morons: kindly go fuck yourself. Ukrainians did it. The will of the people. How do you live with yourself, so stupid, so weak?

#Yanukovych fled

9 days later, #Putin invaded #Crimea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity

#UkraineWar #Ukraine #Russia

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Euromaidan ✧

Euromaidan was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. The protests were sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's sudden decision not to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, instead choosing closer ties to ...

#EurasianEconomicUnion #EuropeanUnion #Ukraine #Yanukovych #Euromaidan #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @[email protected]

#RUSSIA'S GEOPOLITICAL COLLAPSE: #VENEZUELA #KAZAKHSTAN TURN AWAY Vlog 1261: War in #Ukraine

#Putin threatens #NATO and #EU, while losing war, #economy and geopolitical influence. #Kazakhstan switches to #NATO standards, #Maduro will soon escape to #moscow to join the club of the failed #dictators together with #Yanukovych and #Assad.

#russoUkrainianWar

https://youtu.be/XCRnEWLGKL4

Video filmed in almost exactly 12 years ago, on 9 December 2013 - hundreds of thousands of people gathered in #Kyiv on #Euromaidan to protest against arbitrary decision by #Yanukovych to cancel the process of signing the EU Association Agreement, which he promised for the whole year, only to backtrack after a covert meeting with #Putin. In total, over a million of people protested over three winter months in the whole country.

https://video.echelon.pl/w/dpoGaEBfFpaS3bCkPdghkD

Back then Ukrainians faced two choices: keep quiet and continue living under corrupt government, with stagnating economy and lawlessness ruling their daily lives just like Russians do, or take up the fight.

I think the video is also the best illustration to how nonsensical all these theories about “CIA coup” invented by Russians are - you can’t keep a million of people (out of 30m country) protesting for three months in harsh Eastern European winter on salary. They were really desperate and motivated to fight for their freedom.

For comparison, in 2012 when #Putin decided he’s going for his third presidential term in violation of the Constitution, around 160’000 Russians protested across the 130m country… for three days. Respect to those who did, disgrace to the 99.9% who didn’t.

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/wednesday-september-3-2025/

Former Ukrainian President Viktor #Yanukovych made a rare appearance in Russian state media on Monday, accusing the European Union of “arrogance” in negotiations with Kyiv before he was ousted from power in 2014.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/01/yanukovych-criticizes-eu-and-ukraines-nato-ambitions-in-rare-video-appearance-a90399

#Ukraine #Russia #EU