Through February 23, we are marking the 11th anniversary of Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity. It started with a Facebook post summoning protesters to the Independence Monument on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) on November 21, 2013. It ended when disgraced, corrupt pro-russian president Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine for russia in the wee hours of February 22, 2014, and Verkhovna Rada officially removed him from the presidency.
A Facebook post was all it took.
We will meet at 22:30 at the Independence Monument. Dress warmly, bring umbrellas, tea, coffee, a good mood, and friends. Reposting is highly encouraged!
In November 2013, Ukraine was poised to sign the European Union-Ukraine Association Agreement, which would have forged closer ties between Ukraine and the EU, helping to free Ukraine from russia's sphere of influence. Just before he was due to sign it, then-president Viktor Yanukovych suddenly turned his back on it. He chose instead to tie Ukraine inextricably to russia with the russian-Ukrainian action plan, which would have indebted Ukraine to russia and kept it firmly in russia's sphere.
Ukrainians, who'd been eagerly anticipating this turn away from russia and toward the EU, were outraged. With this simple, pleasant Facebook post, Afghan-Ukrainian journalist Mustafa Nayyem summoned about 1500 Ukrainians to a rally on Maidan Nezaleazhnosti (Independence Square), kicking off the juggernaut that became the Revolution of Dignity.
by most_unseemly
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Good morning & good hunting.
Give em hell, boys.
What a piece of history! A spark that set off a conflagration.
Слава Україні!
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