In November 2013 people gathered in the maidan (Independence Square) in Kyiv (Kiev), protesting then President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision not to sign a European Union accession agreement. In February 2014 at least 88 people were killed in fighting in Kyiv when snipers opened fire on protesters. President Yanukovych fled to Russia. At the end of February 2014 pro-Russian gunmen seized key buildings in the Crimean capital, Simferopol. Crimea was annexed by Russia in March 2014. In April 2014 trouble spread to the Eastern Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. I visited Ukraine in April 2014 and took these pictures. For more pictures from Ukraine, including Donetsk and other regions, look at the subheadings under Ukraine on the country tab. Click on a picture for a slide show.

Khreshchatyk and burned out Trades Union building in Kyiv April 2014

Women self defence fighters on Khreshchatyk April 2014

View of tent camp in maidan April 2014

Self defence forces on maidan (Independence Square) April 2014

House of Chimeras (Horodetskyi House) Kyiv April 2014

Posters on Khreshchatyk April 2014

Outside St. Michael’s monastery (Mykhyalivs’kyi monastyr) Kyiv April 2014

Rivne tent on maidan April 2014

Self defense fighters outside Rivne tent on maidan April 2014

Shrine across from parliament (verkhovna rada) Kyiv April 2014

A picture on a tent on Khreshchatyk Street of one of the Heavenly Hundred who died in February 2014 fighting in Kyiv (Kiev)

Banner of Heavenly Hundred killed on maidan in February 2014 on maidan barricade April 2014

Trades Union building and maidan (Independence Square) Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Self defense fighter on the maidan Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Water canon on Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Self defense forces at City Hall on Khreshchatyk Street with Taras Shevchenko portrait Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Woman catches marshrutka on Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Veteran crosses maidan (Independence Square) Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Cossack on the maidan (Independence Square) Kyiv April 2014

Chapel on the maidan (Indpendence Square) Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Burned out Trades Union Building on the maidan (Independence Square) Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

Building fortifications on Khreshchatyk Street from paving stones Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

A barricade on Khreshchatyk Street near the maidan (Independence Square) Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014

One country banner on Ukrainskyi Dim Kyiv (Kiev) Ukraine April 2014

Armoured vehicle on the maidan (Independence Square) Kyiv (Kiev) April 2014