1 December 2013 Euromaidan protests

See also: Euromaidan and Timeline of the Euromaidan

In response to a police crackdown on Euromaidan's protesters (mostly students) in the early hours of 30 November, more than half a million Kyivans joined the protests on 1 December in order to defend the students "and to protect society in the face of crippling authoritarianism."[1]

  1. ^ Plokhy, Serhii (2023). The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 95. ISBN 978-1324051190.