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Maidan

The Ukrainian revolution of 2014, also known as the Euromaidan Revolution, turned violent on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in the capital Kyiv. It culminated in the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.

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Russian soldiers line up during an opening ceremony of the memorial to Russian service members killed during Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Crimea

Crimea marks 10 years since Russian annexation

Crimea marks 10 years since Russian annexation

Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea is widely seen as the beginning of the Ukraine conflict still being fought today.
ConflictsMarch 18, 202403:24 min
Regisseur Mantas Kvedaravicius

War, peace and democracy: Ukraine in film

War, peace and democracy: Ukraine in film

Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius, whose documentary "Mariupolis" premiered in Berlin, was killed in an attack.
FilmApril 3, 20227 images
from the series UKRAINE 2013-2021 by the German photographer Florian Bachmeier

Images of flight, suffering and fear

Images of flight, suffering and fear

Photographer Florian Bachmeier captures the traces of the violent conflict in Ukraine.
CultureMarch 19, 202204:14 min
Local residents walk along Independence Square in downtown Kyiv

Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine

Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine

Russia no longer depends on classical methods of warfare in its campaign to destabilize Ukraine.
PoliticsFebruary 18, 2022
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ECHR rules on abuses in Ossetia, Abkhazia, Maidan

ECHR rules on abuses in Ossetia, Abkhazia, Maidan

Fourteen and six years after "state" abuses, Russia and Ukraine have been panned by the European Human Rights Court.
PoliticsJanuary 22, 2021
Minsk Protest

Echoes of Ukraine's Maidan uprising in Belarus

Echoes of Ukraine's Maidan uprising in Belarus

The 2013-2014 protests in Kyiv brought down the government. What can the protesters in Belarus learn from the movement?
Human RightsAugust 12, 2020
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