2014 Hrushevsky Street protests

See also: Euromaidan and Timeline of the Euromaidan

2014 Hrushevsky Street protests
Part of Euromaidan and Revolution of Dignity
Hrushevsky street protests in January 2014
Date19–22 January 2014 (protests)[1][2][3]
23 January – 17 February 2014 (standoff)
18–23 February 2014 (escalation) (1 month)
Location
Hrushevsky Street, Kyiv, Ukraine

50°27′02″N 30°31′47″E / 50.450417°N 30.529586°E / 50.450417; 30.529586
Caused by
Goals
MethodsProtesting, riot, civil disobedience
StatusProtesters dispersed, escalation into the Revolution of Dignity
Parties
Lead figures

Andriy Parubiy (MP, Euromaidan commandant)[7]
Vitali Klitschko (MP)
Oleh Tyahnybok (MP)
Arseniy Yatsenyuk (MP)[8]

Number
10,000 protesters
200+ rioters
500–1,000+ police
1 armored personnel carrier[9]
Casualties and losses
4 deaths
1,177+ injured
21 missing[10]
70 arrested[11]
42 injured journalists
163 police injured[12]
57 Internal Troops servicemen injured[13]

In response to anti-protest laws in Ukraine (announced on 16 January 2014[14] and enacted on 21 January 2014), a standoff between protesters and police began on 19 January 2014 that was precipitated by a series of riots in central Kyiv on Hrushevsky Street, outside Dynamo Stadium and adjacent to the ongoing Euromaidan protests.

During a Euromaidan rally which gathered up to 200,000 protesters, participants marched on the Verkhovna Rada and were met by police cordons. Following a tense stand-off, violence started as police confronted protesters. Protesters erected barricades to prevent the movement of government forces. Four protesters were confirmed dead in clashes with police, three of them shot.

On 28 January 2014, 9 of the 12 anti-protest laws were repealed and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov tendered his resignation and a bill offering amnesty to arrested and charged protesters was issued.[15][16] On 14 February 2014, groups responsible for organizing the standoff agreed to partially unblock the street to restore traffic, but maintain the barricades and ongoing protests. Following the amnesty of protesters on 16 February 2014, police and protesters both retreated while allowing a corridor for traffic. This lasted until 18 February 2014, when thousands marched on parliament once again, reestablishing Hrushevsky Street and related streets in a new standoff with police. By 19 February 2014, all barricades had been cleared from the streets and the protesters pushed back, though violent clashes elsewhere in Kyiv continued to grow in intensity, resulting in the Revolution of Dignity.

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  2. ^ "Human Rights Watch призвала оказать давление на власти Украины" (in Russian). Aysor. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ^ На Грушевского к кордону силовиков прошли матери задержанных активистов. Argumenty i Fakty (in Russian). 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
  4. ^ Свобода, Радіо (23 January 2014). "Правий сектор" підтверджує свою участь у подіях на Грушевського [Right Sector confirms its participation in events at Hrushevsky]. Radio Svoboda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
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  8. ^ "Яценюк подошел к баррикадам на улице Грушевского, - "Батькивщина"". Телеканал новостей 24. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. ^ "On Hrushevskoho was brought BTR". Ukrayinska Pravda. 22 January 2014.
  10. ^ "21 затриманого на Грушевського замість міліції вивезли невідомо куди і побили" [21 detained in police Hrushevskoho instead taken to nowhere and beat]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Ukraine. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014.
  11. ^ "МВС України". MVS. UA. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  12. ^ Внутрішні війська МВС України (in Ukrainian). Vv.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
  13. ^ Від дій протестувальників постраждали 57 військовослужбовців внутрішніх військ. Internal Troops of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  14. ^ "Ukrainian opposition calls January 16 events in parliament 'Black Thursday'". Interfax-Ukraine. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Ukraine government resigns, parliament scraps anti-protest laws amid crisis". CNN. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.
  16. ^ "Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns as Parliament Repeals Restrictive Laws". The New York Times. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.