Feb. 21 marks the sixth anniversary of the end of Ukraine’s EuroMaidan Revolution. Three months of largely peaceful protests concluded in a spasm of deadly violence. President Victor Yanukovych fled Kyiv and later Ukraine, prompting the Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) to appoint acting leaders pending early elections.
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A boy lights a candle near the Heavenly Hundred memorial on Instytutska Street in Kyiv on Feb. 20, 2020.