When you can’t agree on what success is, you risk failure. As Ukraine prepares for a presidential election on 31 March, five years on from what we call the “revolution of dignity” or “Maidan”, has our nation learned where its strengths lie? I often look back to February 2014, the final month of the revolution. Victory came at a price, with almost 100 protesters killed by the police in central Kyiv. The capital’s main square seemed flooded with injured people and coffins. I remember those who aren’t around any more, people I knew and admired. Many were later killed or taken prisoner in the war unleashed by Russia’s intervention.
EuroMaidan Revolution
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Angelina Kariakina: 5 years on from ‘Maidan’, Ukraine’s small successes are its real revolution
A man in weelchair lays flowers at the memorial for the killed EuroMaidan activists during a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the Euromaidan beginning in central Kyiv on Nov. 21, 2018.
