page_title: 1 December 2013 Euromaidan riots
section_title: Injuries
hierarchical_section_title: 1 December 2013 Euromaidan riots / Injuries
caption_attribution_description: Injuried protesters seen after violent assault on main square, Kiev. November 30, 2013.
context_page_description: A series of riots occurred in several locations of downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on 1 December 2013 in response to a police crackdown on Euromaidan's protesters and journalist on the night of 30 November. The day saw the highest numbers of journalists injured by police in a single event since Ukraine's independence regain in 1991. Also, 1 December became the first instance of a public building being occupied by protesters in modern history of the country.
context_section_description: Five riot police sustained bodily injuries and three have been chemically poisoned from an unknown gas, Ukrainska Pravda reports. As of 4 p.m. 22 people had been injured and sought medical attention in emergency rooms in clashes during the demonstrations in Kiev, according to the health department of the Kiev City State Administration. In most cases, those injured were treated for chemical burns of the eyes and bodily injuries, according to Interfax-Ukraine. Kiev police spokeswoman Olha Bilyk said by telephone that around 100 officers were wounded in the clashes. A mayor's office official said nearly 50 demonstrators had also been treated by doctors for various injuries. Kyiv Post reported on eyewitness accounts of the demonstrations that suggest that there might have been hundreds of protesters injured. According to the Department of Health, by the end of the second day of clashes, 109 protesters were hospitalized with 165 injured in total.
  Telekrytyka, a media watchdog compiled a list of over 40 injured journalists and photographers, with many report said they were deliberately beaten by the riot police while displaying their journalist IDs. The New York Times, Ukrainska Pravda, and Agence France-Presse photographers were among at least 30 journalists injured in clashes with police. One journalist was hit with an explosive device during clashes with Berkut on Bankova Street, and New York Times photographer Joseph Sywenkyj was injured when a piece of a sound grenade struck him in the face. A photographer from The Insider notified police that he was a journalist, but was assaulted along with his cameraman anyway. Euronews' cameraman Roman Kupriyanov was also beaten by riot police. Euronews reported (on 1 December) "He was one of several media personnel who claim to have been deliberately targeted by the riot police". Dmytro Volkov, of 1+1 reported police were aiming at journalists' equipment. Photographer Serhiy Supinskiy was attacked by a riot police officer on Bankova Street, he said. The officer deliberately hit his photography equipment, and destroyed his flash and lens.
caption: Injured protesters seen after violent assault on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev, 30 November.
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