EuroMaidan Revolution
Olga Bielkova: ‘We are disgusted by leaders’
One of the hundreds of thousands of protesters who have taken to Ukraine's streets in opposition to President Viktor Yanukovych, who on Nov. 21 turned foreign policy away from the West and towards Russia.
Opposition leader Olga Belkova says the attempt by the police to disperse protesters overnight in Ukraine was yet another instance of the country’s president breaking a promise.
The police attempted to rush thousands of protesters out of the Maidan, Kiev’s main square, at 1:00 a.m., shortly after the president said he was committed to talks with the opposition.
Bielkova speaks to Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson just before setting off to rejoin protesters at the Maidan.
She says the bitter cold is not enough to keep Ukrainians away, and that at this point, believes a resolution to the conflict will require intervention from abroad — at a minimum to make sure the government doesn’t resort to force again.
