Maidan revolution: Ukrainians mark anniversary of 2014 protests that ousted pro-Russian leader
Euronews says Thousands of people in Ukraine turned out on Sunday to mark the date on which, eight years ago, over 100 people were killed during mass protests that ousted the country’s Russia-friendly president.
The people, known as ‘The Heavenly Hundred’ are commemorated each year on February 20, to mark the day in 2014 when riot police opened fire on protesters.
Ukrainians, including former President Pietro Poroshenko, laid wreaths at a memorial in Kyiv’s Maidan Square.
The clashes which started on February 18 ended in the fall of the regime of President Viktor Yanukovych. “People who died here are our heroes and we have to remember them,” one local resident said.
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