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  • Members of Maidan's defence unit take guard at one of the many checkpoints outside Kiev's Independence Square.
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors prepare petrol bombs near a barricade in Maidan, hours after violent clashes between protestors and riot police happened outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: Members of Maidan's defence unit take guard at one of the many checkpoints outside Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators get food donated inside the occupied City Hall.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Anti-government protestors remain put in Maidan the day after the fall of Viktor Yanukovych's government. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Members of Maidan's defence unit take guard outside Ukraine parliament building in Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Anti-government protestors remain put in Maidan the day after the fall of Viktor Yanukovych's government. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: A member of Maidan's defence unit is seen guarding one of the many checkpoints outside Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: Anti-government protestors remain put in Maidan the day after the fall of Viktor Yanukovych's government. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A group of right-wing movement practice combat tactics ahead of their shift guarding Maidan barricades. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Anti-government protestors remain put in Maidan the day after the fall of Viktor Yanukovych's government. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: A member of Maidan's defence unit is seen holding a flower while taking guard at one of the many checkpoints outside Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A group of right-wing movement practice combat tactics ahead of their shift guarding Maidan barricades. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: People attend a mass as anti-government protestors remain put in Maidan the day after the fall of Viktor Yanukovych's government. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Members of Maidan's defence unit take guard outside Ukraine parliament building in Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Members of Maidan's defence unit take a rest beside one of the many checkpoints outside Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors gather burned debris to fill in bags to be used in the formation of barricades, as violent clashes happen between protestors and police outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: People pass by a a building where several anti-government protestors lost their life as when of the attempt to take the Ukraine parliament building in Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators rally at Independence Square, also known as Maidan.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Ukrainian riot police hold a defensive line as protestors advance to a street that gives access to government buildings, near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Thousands in Kiev mourn a protester shot dead during clashes with the Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, early in the week.<br />
An emotional crowd packed Saint Michael's Cathedral and spilled into a square outside to pay their last respects to 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevsky, with many waving Ukrainian flags with black ribbons. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators rally at Independence Square, also known as Maidan.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Locals pass by anti government posters In Independence square, also know as Maidan.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A christmas tree is seen between tents used by anti-government protestors in Kiev's Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors play football outside Kiev's Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 22, 2014: Funeral procession of anti-government protestors killed two days ago during clashes with riot police in central Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors carry scrap metal to be used in new defensive barricades, as violent clashes between protestors and riot police happen outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 15, 2014: Anti-Maidan protestors in Kulikovo pole square, Odessa. In the past weeks, tensions between pro and anti Russia movements have been raising in Odessa, over the ongoing crisis in the neighbour province of Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Anti-government protestors try to storm the parliament building in central Kiev, moments after the proposal for release of political prisoners was rejected by majority vote in a parliamentary session. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: A woman lay flowers and candles in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with Ukrainian special forces, in Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: People pray at a shrine in a park beside Ukraine's parliament building in Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A local woman looks at Pro-EU panflets stick to the back of a bus stop in Independence Square, known locally as Maidan.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Protestors stand guard near a defensive barricade near Dynamo Kiev's stadium in central Kiev, as temperatures drop to minus 15 degrees celsius. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: An anti-government protestors takes cover behind newly build barricades at the frontline where violent clashes were happening between protestors and riot police outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev.
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Thousands in Kiev mourn a protester shot dead during clashes with the Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, early in the week.<br />
An emotional crowd packed Saint Michael's Cathedral and spilled into a square outside to pay their last respects to 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevsky, with many waving Ukrainian flags with black ribbons. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Thousands in Kiev mourn a protester shot dead during clashes with the Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, early in the week.<br />
An emotional crowd packed Saint Michael's Cathedral and spilled into a square outside to pay their last respects to 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevsky, with many waving Ukrainian flags with black ribbons. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Ukrainian protesters laid siege to Ukrainian House international convention center, a Soviet-era building in central Kiev, used as a base by the security forces, who remained holed up inside.

Some two thousand stick-wielding protesters clad in helmets threw Molotov cocktails and smashed in windows of the Ukrainian House, climbing over sandbags into the building. The security forces protected themselves with riot shields as well as by hurling stun grenades and attempting to douse the protesters with jets of water.

The protesters later in the night formed a corridor on the steps of the building to allow the security forces to leave. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 25, 2014: People pray at a shrine in a park beside Ukraine's parliament building in Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Thousands lay flowers and candles in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with Ukrainian special forces, in Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: Flowers and candles are seen laying in Kiev's Independence Square, in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with Ukrainian special forces. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate in Kiev's Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate in Kiev's Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • December 20, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator builds a wall with wooden bricks printed with the names of every village and city who's population have representation in the month long protests at the Independence Square, also know as Maidan, in central Kiev.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 20, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator builds a wall with wooden bricks printed with the names of every village and city who's population have representation in the month long protests at the Independence Square, also know as Maidan, in central Kiev.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Protestors stand guard near a defensive barricade near Dynamo Kiev's stadium in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: An Orthodox priest blesses the bodies of anti-government protestors shot dead during an advance on police lines outside the Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: People check the bodies of anti-government protestors shot dead during an advance on police lines outside the Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A anti-government protestor takes a rest at the occupied Ukraine House, hours after violent confrontations with the riot police. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors pray as demonstrations continue outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 27, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A Ukrainian anti-government protestor eats a warm meal while standing guard to a barricade, as demonstrations continue in Kiev’s Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev.
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  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 15, 2014: Anti-Maidan protestors in Kulikovo pole square, Odessa. In the past weeks, tensions between pro and anti Russia movements have been raising in Odessa, over the ongoing crisis in the neighbour province of Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: People await outside the Ukrainian Parliament building, for the announcement of the formation of the unity government. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 25, 2014: A train passes by a soviet era mural in Arsenalia Metro station, Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 25, 2014: A woman passes by a soviet era mural in Arsenalia Metro station, Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: A woman lay flowers and candles in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with Ukrainian special forces, in Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Thousands descend on Kiev's Independence Square to pay respect for the anti-government protestors killed days before, during clashes with the riot police. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: People pass by a burned police truck in a access street to the Ukraine parliament building in Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: An Ukrainian flag is seen a top of one of the remaining barricades in Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: Flowers and candles are seen laying in Kiev's Independence Square, in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with Ukrainian special forces. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: A little girl lights candles in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with Ukrainian special forces, in Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: Thousands lay flowers and candles in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with Ukrainian special forces, in Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A christmas tree is seen between tents used by anti-government protestors in Kiev's Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A local business man sell coffee at the pro-EU rally in Independence Square, known local as the Maidan.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Anti-government protestors try to storm the parliament building in central Kiev, moments after the proposal for release of political prisoners was rejected by majority vote in a parliamentary session. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors advance on police lines in the early hours of the day. The riot police responded with sniper fire causing at least 25 casualties with shots to the head. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Thousands descend on Kiev's Independence Square to pay respect for the anti-government protestors killed days before, during clashes with the riot police. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: People pass by a poster with a picture of the deposed president Viktor Yanukovych, a wanted man on the run in Ukraine. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Locals pass by anti government posters In Independence square, also know as Maidan.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators prepare food for free distribution at  the Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Local women look at a barricade in Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors reinforce a barricade in Maidan, hours after violent clashes between protestors and riot police happened outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 20, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator try to stay warm beside a fire in Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators sit beside a barricade on a road leading to Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 22, 2014: People in Maidan pray in memory of the anti-government protestors killed during violent clashes with the Ukrainian elite forces in central Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator try to stay warm beside a fire in Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator guards an access to the Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A man dressed as a bear walks by near Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Sleeping area for pro-EU demonstrators inside the occupied City Hall.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators, one holding a sign saying 'together we are powerful, we won't be overcome' sit in Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 22, 2014: Members of the Maidan self defence unit take guard at Viktor Yanukovych's main house in the outskirts of Kiev. hours after the president fled the capital amid tensions of a revolution in the country. Thousands have started visiting the the extravagant property hours after the president fled the capital amid tensions of an ongoing revolution in the country. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 27, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Distribution of clothes at a anti-government protestors headquarters in Maidan. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A antigovernment protestor monitors one of the barricades outside Maidan. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: People pass by some makeshift tents set up by protestors in Independence Square, also know as Maidan, in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • December 20, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators listen to a activist speech in Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator guards an access to the Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators prepare food for free distribution at  the Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators sit beside a barricade on a road leading to Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A local merchant sells national flags and scarfs near Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators listen to a man playing the piano at Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator passes by anti-government posters in Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator guards an access to the Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 22, 2014: Members of the Maidan self defence unit take guard of the grounds at Viktor Yanukovych's main house in the outskirts of Kiev. hours after the president fled the capital amid tensions of a revolution in the country. Thousands have started visiting the the extravagant property hours after the president fled the capital amid tensions of an ongoing revolution in the country. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: An anti-government protestors stand guard at one of the barricades that remarks the last defensive line in a access road to Maidan, central Kiev. Hours earlier, riot police responded to an advance by protestors, with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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