Show Navigation

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 604 images found }

Loading ()...

  • ANDREEVKA, UKRAINE - March 20, 2014: Ukrainian troops set up a defensive line, at a about 40km from the border with Russia, in the east. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_03.jpg
  • ANDREEVKA, UKRAINE - March 20, 2014: Ukrainian troops set up defensive line 40km from the border with Russia. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_04.jpg
  • Photo essay on Homlessness in Dublin featured in Big Picture Russia.
    Screen shot 2010-11-05 at 00.55.53.jpg
  • People gather around a group of pro-Russia activists, taking guard at a newly build checkpoint outside Slavyansk. The eastern Ukranian city was taken under control by a pro-Russia militia.
    UkraineCrisis_Slavyansk_05.jpg
  • An Ukrainian soldier sits inside a military vehicle blocked by a group of pro-Russia activists preventing an army convoy to pass in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region.
    Portfolio_03.jpg
  • A portrait of Vladimir Lenin is seen resting atop a newly build barricade set up by pro-Russia activists around the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. The Ukrainian government in Kiev gave a 48 hour deadline for the activists to abandon the building.
    Portfolio_05.jpg
  • An Ukrainian soldier sits inside a military vehicle blocked by a group of pro-Russia activists preventing an army convoy to pass in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_04.jpg
  • A pro-Russia activist takes guard at one of the entrances of Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    Ukraine_Losing East_02.jpg
  • A column of Ukrainian men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks are blocked by pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_04.jpg
  • A slavic cross is seen near a newly build checkpoint outside Slavyansk. The eastern Ukranian city was taken under control by a pro-Russia militia.
    UkraineCrisis_Slavyansk_06.jpg
  • DRUZHKIVKA, UKRAINE - April 15, 2014: Pro-Russia activists take guard at a newly build checkpoint outside Druzhkivka. In past couple of weeks, several cities and villages in the eastern regions of Ukraine, have been taken under control by separatists militias who rejected the newly appointed government in Kiev.
    UkraineCrisis_Slavyansk_04.jpg
  • A pro-Russia activist takes guard behind a newly build barricade set up by pro-Russia activists around the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. The Ukrainian government in Kiev gave a 48 hour deadline for the activists to abandon the building.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_05.jpg
  • Pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, blocks a column of Ukrainian army men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks, in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_13.jpg
  • The commander of a column of Ukrainian men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks, blocked by pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, attempts to negotiate with the protestors a free passage for the convoy.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_10.jpg
  • KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE - April 16, 2014: The commander of a column of Ukrainian men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks, blocked by pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, attempts to negotiate with the protestors a free passage for the convoy.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_08.jpg
  • A column of Ukrainian men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks are blocked by pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_03.jpg
  • KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE - April 16, 2014: Pro-Russia activists, in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, bring to an halt a column of Ukrainian military men and war tanks heading towards the city's airfield, where the National Guard is establishing base for a mega anti-terrorist operation announced by the government in Kiev, in order to regain the control of several locations taken under control by separatist militias.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_02.jpg
  • A column of Ukrainian men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks are blocked by pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_11.jpg
  • Pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, blocks a column of Ukrainian army men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks, in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_09.jpg
  • Locals pass by near the local government building in Slavyansk, days after the city was taken under control by a pro-Russia militia.
    UkraineCrisis_Slavyansk_03.jpg
  • SLAVYANSK, UKRAINE - April 15, 2014: Pro-Russia activists take guard at a barricade near the police station in Slavyansk. The eastern Ukranian city was taken under control by a separatist militia early in the week and is now one of the focal points for the mega operation anti-terrorist announced by the government in Kiev.
    UkraineCrisis_Slavyansk_02.jpg
  • A column of Ukrainian men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks are blocked by pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_06.jpg
  • KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE - April 16, 2014: A column of Ukrainian military men riding on armoured personnel carriers and tanks are blocked by pro-Russia activists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region.
    UkraineCrisis_Kramatorsk_01.jpg
  • DONETSK, UKRAINE - April 17, 2014: A pro-Russia protestor is seen carrying a bunch of balloons, with Russian flag colours, during a small scale protest at Donetsk airport.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_33.jpg
  • DONETSK, UKRAINE - April 09, 2014: A pro-Russia activist carries cobblestones to be used to fortify a newly build barricade set up around the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk, hours before the end of the 48 hour deadline given by the Ukrainian government in Kiev for the activists to evacuate the building.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_10.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: Anti-Russia self-defence groups gather beside Duc Richelieu statue in central Odessa, in preparation for an eventual provocation by pro-Russia elements. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_07.jpg
  • A woman marks her vote at a polling station in School Number 1, in central Donetsk. Polling stations have opened in cities across the eastern Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk as residents go to polls to vote for seceding from Ukraine and creating a quasi-independent state in an act declared illegal by the central government in Kyiv and the West but supported by Russia.
    Portfolio_04.jpg
  • Pro-Russia activists gather paving stones outside the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_27.jpg
  • A pro-Russia activist takes guard at one of the entrances of Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_16.jpg
  • Pro-Russia activists fortify a newly build barricade set up around the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. The Ukrainian government in Kiev gave a 48 hour deadline for the activists to abandon the building.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_09.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: Pro-Russia protestors gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_15.jpg
  • Pro-Russia protestors attend a rally outside the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_23.jpg
  • A pro-Russia activist hangs around inside Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_19.jpg
  • Pro-Russia activists attend a rally at the grounds of Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Activists occupied the building over the past weekend and are now barricaded inside expecting a policial intervention as the Ukrainian government in Kiev gave a 48 hour deadline for the activists to abandon the building.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_12.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: Pro-Russia protestors gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_16.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: Pro-Russia protestors gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_14.jpg
  • DONETSK, UKRAINE - April 10, 2014: A pro-Russia activists gather paving stones outside the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied for more than two weeks, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_26.jpg
  • A pro-Russia activist takes guard at the main entrance of Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_22.jpg
  • A pro-Russia activist takes guard at the main entrance of Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_15.jpg
  • Pro-Russia protestors chant words of support to activists occupying the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_14.jpg
  • Pro-Russia activists hold a press conference at the Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. The activists occupied the building over the past weekend and are now barricaded inside expecting a policial intervention as the Ukrainian government in Kiev gave a 48 hour deadline for the activists to abandon the building.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_11.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: Pro-Russia protestors gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_13.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: A pro-Russia protestor shouts anti-NATO words as thousands gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_12.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: A Pro-Russia protestor lights a candle at a shrine in memory of Berkut police men killed during the clashes in Kiev. Thousands gathered in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_09.jpg
  • Tearsheet of "Ukraine: Pro-Russia protests in Donetsk" published in Expresso
    EXPRESSO_Pro-RussiaInDonetsk_01.jpg
  • A pro-Russia activist serves food at one of the kitchens set up inside Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_18.jpg
  • Pro-Russia activists prepare food at one of the kitchens set up inside Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_17.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: A pro-Russia protestor shouts anti-NATO words as thousands gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_11.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: Pro-Russia protestors gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_10.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 15, 2014: Pro-Russia self defence unit take guard at a protest 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
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_05.jpg
  • 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)
    PNS_Kiev_Barricade_11.jpg
  • A group of coal miners celebrate as they announce their support to the pro-Russia activists occupying Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_21.jpg
  • A group of coal miners celebrate as they announce their support to the pro-Russia activists occupying Donbass Regional Government building in central Donetsk. Barricades around the building, occupied since the past weekend, have been fortified throughout the day, as the ultimatum given by the government in Kiev for the activists to abandon the building within 48 hours, is approaching its deadline.
    UkraineCrisis_Donetsk_20.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: Pro-Russia protestors gather in Kulikovo pole square to demonstrate support for the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_08.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_32.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_20.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_14.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_43.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_40.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_12.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_06.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_05.jpg
  • Locals inspect the destroyed Savur-Mohyla Memorial, a WWII memorial complex on a strategic height near the city of Snizhne, close to the border with Russia in Donetsk Oblast. The site was destroyed in 2014 during heavy fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian armed forces.
    DSCF2468.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 13, 2014: People walk by the city council building, near the famous Odessa Steps. 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
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_03.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 13, 2014: Families enjoy an midday stroll in a park near the Opera house in 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
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_01.jpg
  • December 20, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: General view of Independence Square during pro-EU demonstrations.<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)
    KievProtests_47.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_44.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_37.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_31.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_29.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_26.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_21.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_19.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_10.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_08.jpg
  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators 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)
    KievProtests_02.jpg
  • A woman marks her vote at a polling station in School Number 1, in central Donetsk. Polling stations have opened in cities across the eastern Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk as residents go to polls to vote for seceding from Ukraine and creating a quasi-independent state in an act declared illegal by the central government in Kyiv and the West but supported by Russia.
    Ukarine_DonetskReferendum_01.jpg
  • 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
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_06.jpg
  • 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
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_04.jpg
  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 13, 2014: Bosig Evgeniy, a 19 year old navy cadet, enjoys the warm sunny weather near the majestic Odessa steps, the place where in 1925 Sergei Eisenstein filmed one of the most celebrated scenes in his masterpiece, 'Battleship Potemkin'. 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
    UkraineCrisis_Odessa_02.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_49.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_48.jpg
  • December 20, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU demonstrator's barricade in one of the access roads 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)
    KievProtests_46.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_42.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_39.jpg
  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A Pro-EU demonstrator holds a poster 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)
    KievProtests_36.jpg
  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators take a rest 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)
    KievProtests_34.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_30.jpg
  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Women walk through 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)
    KievProtests_28.jpg
  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A Pro-EU demonstrator sits 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)
    KievProtests_27.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_25.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_23.jpg
  • 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/Polaris)
    KievProtests_17.jpg
  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A woman serves tea to pro-EU demonstrators from 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)
    KievProtests_16.jpg
  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators 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)
    KievProtests_11.jpg
  • 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
    KievProtests_03.jpg
  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Vitaly Klitschko, leader of opposition party The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR), speaks to supporters at the a pro-EU rally in Independence Square as protesters continued to congregate in the central square, known local as the Maidan, rallied by news of Russia's purchase of $15 billion of Ukrainian debt and agreeing to reduce the price of Russian gas supplies to the country by around a third. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
    KievProtests_01.jpg
  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: A pro-EU protestor takes photos of other demonstrators 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)
    KievProtests_50.jpg
  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators 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)
    KievProtests_45.jpg
  • 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)
    KievProtests_38.jpg
Next

Paulo Nunes dos Santos

  • About
  • Contact
  • Archive Galleries
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area