Protesters gathered at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv on the evening of Oct. 2, 2019, to protest against the just-approved final edition of the so-called ‘Steinmeier Formula’ that sets the controversial terms of possible local elections in the Russian-occupied Donbas.
Throughout the evening, simultaneous protests took place in the Ukrainian cities of Lviv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, attracting dozens of people who oppose the formula, branding it a capitulation to Russia.
Read our main story about the ‘Steinmeier Formula’ here.
