Ukrainians on Sunday remembered and honored the lives of dozens of people who were gunned down by the government during the country's 2014 popular uprising — called the Maidan revolution.
Kyiv – Ukrainians on Sunday remembered and honored the lives of dozens of people who were gunned down by the government during the country's 2014 popular uprising — called the Maidan revolution — that forced Russian-backed then-President Viktor Yanukovych out of power eight years ago.
"I think that the Ukrainian people has made its decision, and I don't think that Russia is in a position to overturn it," 34-year-old Artem, who participated in the Maidan protests, told CBS News. He was wrapped in a Ukrainian flag. The Maidan uprising, also known as the "Revolution of Dignity," lasted for months. After Yanukovych, bowing to pressure from Russia, declined to sign a popular trade agreement with the European Union, thousands took the streets. Some 25,000 people camped out in Maidan, Kyiv's central square, where they were beaten and shot at by police and government security forces. Dozens of activists were killed.
Ukrainians gather to mark the anniversary of the deadly Maidan Revolution. / Credit: Haley Ott / CBS News
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