A brief visit to Maidan, Thursday Jan 30
Channel: Roman's Book Report
Date: 2014-02-02

A brief visit to the Hrushevskoho barricades of the protests in Ukraine.

@ 1:42, I slipped on the ice and dipped my arm into the hole on that barrel's lid.  I didn't think it was a big deal, but whatever chemical was started smelling so bad that I got kicked out of the coffee shop I went to to warm up.  It smelled like turpentine, but it wasn't flammable -- at least not explosively so.  I checked.

The protests are very organized and disciplined.  There are guards both at the entrances and roving who enforce a no-alcohol, no-drunkenness policy.  Shops, even within the perimeter, continue to function.  There have been no smashed windows or looting.

The logistics are impressive too -- kitchens, first aid stations, garbage remove, firewood.