Euromaidan
Journal: Rethinking political violence
Year: 2025

Abstract This chapter examines the role of the Yanukovych government, the Maidan opposition, Russia, and the West in Euromaidan in Ukraine in 2013–2014. The analysis focuses on the mass protests and key cases of violence before the Maidan massacre. The chapter is based on the analysis of various sources, such as online live streams and TV broadcasts, videos, interviews, court decisions, media reports, and public opinion polls. The evidence demonstrates that Euromaidan combined elements of mass p