NOV. 22: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych decides to (01 of19)
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Nov. 24: Some (02 of19)
Open Image ModalSome hundred thousand Ukrainians hit the streets of the capital Kiev to protest the presidential decision. (credit:Getty)
(03 of19)
Open Image ModalSpecial forces resort to tear gas and batons to disperse the demonstrators. (credit:Getty)
November 29, 2013(04 of19)
Open Image ModalYanukovich once again rejects the European agreement at a EU top in Vilnius. Pro-Europe protesters who had gathered at Kiev’s Independence Square erupt in tears. Counter-demonstrators cheer the news. (credit:Getty)
(05 of19)
Open Image ModalProtesters clash with police and occupy several government buildings. (credit:Getty)
December 8, 2013(06 of19)
Open Image ModalProtesters topple a statue of Lenin in the capital Kiev. (credit:Getty)
December 11, 2013(07 of19)
Open Image ModalRiot police move in to clear the encampment on Kiev\'s Independence Square (credit:Getty)
December 15, 2013(08 of19)
Open Image ModalThe EU is tired of Yanukovich\'s flip-flopping and suspends talks with the Ukrainian government. (credit:Getty)
December 17, 2013(09 of19)
Open Image ModalRussia throws the Ukrainian government a lifeline and agrees to a $15 billion bailout. (credit:Getty)
December 25, 2013(10 of19)
Open Image ModalUnknown assailants beat up Tetyana Chornovil, a Ukrainian opposition activist and journalist known for her scathing reports about government corruption, hours after she published an article on the assets of top government officials. The attack reinvigorates the protesters. (credit:Getty)
January 16, 2013 (11 of19)
Open Image ModalUkraine\'s parliament adopts sweeping anti-protest laws. (credit:Getty )
January 19, 2013 (12 of19)
Open Image ModalMassive clashes erupt in response. (credit:Getty)
(13 of19)
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January 22 - 23, 2013 (14 of19)
Open Image ModalThree protesters are killed as security forces move against the protest camps. Kiev burns. (credit:Ilya Varlamov/Zyalt.livejournal.com)
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January 24, 2013(17 of19)
Open Image ModalThe protests continue despite the violence of the past days. Opposition protesters seize more government buildings. (credit:Getty)
January 27, 2014(18 of19)
Open Image ModalA dead man is found hanging on Kiev\'s Independence Square. (credit:Getty)
January 28, 2013(19 of19)
Open Image ModalUkraine repeals the hated anti-protest laws. Opposition leader Arseny Yatsenyuk refuses Yanukovich\'s offer to become prime minister. Ukraine\'s prime minister Mykola Azarov and his cabinet resign. Protesters slam Yanukovich for clinching to power. (credit:Getty)