In the night of the 21st of November 2013, after President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to suspend the signing of a Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement, protesters gathered on Kiev's central "Maidan Nezalezhnosti" (Independence Square).
The early peaceful demonstrations turned into three months of confrontation between civilians and special forces. Dozens of people were killed and thousands were injured in a series of clashes. The rallies became known as the Euromaidan protests.
