This allowed Preventing_or_letting the Polish forces to capture Conquering Kiev soon afterwards .

Aerosvit Flight 241 ( VV241/EW241 ) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Kiev 's Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine to Thessaloniki International Airport in Thessaloniki , Greece with a stopover in Odessa .

Kiev , the Ukrainian capital , was the focal point of the movement 's campaign of civil resistance , with thousands of protesters demonstrating daily .

Yanukovych was ousted Change_of_leadership from power four years later following the February 2014 Euromaidan clashes in Kiev 's Independence Square .

The Ukrainian revolution Social_event of 2014 ( also known as the Euromaidan Revolution or Revolution of Dignity ; , `` Revoliutsiia hidnosti '' ) took place Process_start in Ukraine in February 2014 , when a series of violent Violence events Social_event involving protesters , riot police , and unknown shooters in the capital , Kiev , culminated Come_together in the ousting of the elected Choosing Ukrainian President , Viktor Yanukovych , and the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government .

As the tensions rose Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , the personal safety for the president became Becoming untenable ; on February 22 he fled Escaping from Kiev to Russia .

The protesters proceeded Motion to take control Control of the streets of Kiev .

A December 2016 survey by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology found Know that thirty four percent of respondents in the government-controlled Ukraine regarded Statement the change Change in power as an `` illegal Legality armed coup '' , while fifty six percent regarded it as a `` popular revolution '' .

From late 2014 , cities outside of the Donbass combat zone , such as Kharkiv , Odessa , Kiev and Mariupol , were struck Attack by bombings Catastrophe that targeted Aiming pro-Ukrainian unity organizations .

Initially successful for the Polish and Ukrainian armies which captured Conquering Kiev on May 7 , 1920 , the campaign was dramatically reversed Change , chiefly by the cavalry of Semyon Budyonny .

Polish Crown forces Military_operation under Stefan Czarniecki besieged Besieging the town of Stavyshche ( Stawiszcze ) , which at that time belonged to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ’ s Kiev Voivodeship .

Euromaidan ( ; , , , literally 'Euro [ pean ] Square ' ) was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest Hostile_encounter in Ukraine , which began Process_start on the night of 21 November 2013 with public protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti ( Independence Square ) in Kiev .

During the Euromaidan , there were protests Attack and clashes Attack with police throughout Ukraine , especially at the Maidan ( central square ) in Kiev , which was occupied and barricaded by protesters , along with some administrative buildings , including Kiev City State Administration .

During the Euromaidan , there were protests Attack and clashes Attack with police throughout Ukraine , especially at the Maidan ( central square ) in Kiev , which was occupied and barricaded by protesters , along with some administrative buildings , including Kiev City State Administration .

Police and activists fired Use_firearm live and rubber ammunition at multiple locations in Kiev .

There was fierce fighting Hostile_encounter in Kiev on 18–20 February , ( see List of people killed Killing during Euromaidan ) .

Events in Kiev were soon followed by the Crimean crisis and pro-Russian unrest Hostile_encounter in Eastern Ukraine .

Border skirmishes escalated Expansion following Piłsudski 's Kiev Offensive in April 1920 .