If you have been living under a rock for that past couple of months, then you probably have heard about the protests happening in Kiev, Ukraine's capital city. The protests started in November of 2013 after the government of Ukraine didn't sign a deal that would make the country closer to EU and instead made them closer to their former Soviet ruler, Russia. Arseniy Yatsenyuk called upon the support of his followers on Twitter and Face Book to meet in Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev’s central square to demonstrate against the government and their decision.
Ever since though the protest have escalated to full scale riots and Kiev's Maidan central square now look like a war zone with riot police and protesters on opposing sides. This picture album is by a blogger in the protests show the chaos in Keiv (http://imgur.com/a/WL1pY#0). As seen by the photos barricades have been built by protesters using things from sandbags to everyday furniture like a wooden table. Protesters only let in those who are contributing to the effort, if they be other protesters, bringing food and clothes, or press and journalist and they keep those who just want to see the action out. Protesters have even started to use molatav cocktails against the riot police. The government has also upped their arsenal by lifting the restriction of using water cannons on protesters which protesters should watch out for considering the freezing temperatures in Kiev(http://en.for-ua.com/news/2014/01/22/161046.html#.Ut_cw8KexQE.reddit).
Many of the scenes from Kiev look like scenes from an Apocalypse. There have been truces called but the protesters in Kiev are ready at any time to start clashing with the government, and will be interesting to see what will happen between the opposition leaders and the government.
Live Stream of Maidan Square - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/euromajdan/pop-out
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