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The Ukrainian revolution of 2014, also known as the Euromaidan Revolution, turned violent on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in the capital Kyiv. It culminated in the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.

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Russian soldiers line up during an opening ceremony of the memorial to Russian service members killed during Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Crimea

Crimea marks 10 years since Russian annexation

Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea is widely seen as the beginning of the Ukraine conflict still being fought today.
ConflictsMarch 18, 202403:24 min
TTPe, Totale, 23.11.23

Failing against Russia: Can Ukraine survive the war?

Is the West letting Ukraine down in its fight for independence from Russia?
ConflictsNovember 23, 202326:06 min
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, First Lady Olena Zelenska together with the President of Moldova Maia Sandu visiting the memorial to the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, who were killed during the mass Euromaidan protests, on the 10th anniversary of the start of Euromaidan protests, in downtown Kyiv

Ukraine commemorates 10 years since 'Euromaidan' protests

Ten years ago today, mass protests began in Kyiv against Ukraine deepening ties with Russia.
PoliticsNovember 21, 2023
Regisseur Mantas Kvedaravicius

War, peace and democracy: Ukraine in film

Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius, whose documentary "Mariupolis" premiered in Berlin, was killed in an attack.
FilmApril 3, 20227 images
from the series UKRAINE 2013-2021 by the German photographer Florian Bachmeier

Images of flight, suffering and fear

Photographer Florian Bachmeier captures the traces of the violent conflict in Ukraine.
CultureMarch 19, 202204:14 min
Local residents walk along Independence Square in downtown Kyiv

Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine

Russia no longer depends on classical methods of warfare in its campaign to destabilize Ukraine.
PoliticsFebruary 18, 2022
Georgien | Kaukasus-Konflikt | russische Armee in Zchinwali

ECHR rules on abuses in Ossetia, Abkhazia, Maidan

Fourteen and six years after "state" abuses, Russia and Ukraine have been panned by the European Human Rights Court.
PoliticsJanuary 22, 2021
Minsk Protest

Echoes of Ukraine's Maidan uprising in Belarus

The 2013-2014 protests in Kyiv brought down the government. What can the protesters in Belarus learn from the movement?
Human RightsAugust 12, 2020
Weißrussland Präsident Lukashenko

Belarus president says foreign plot thwarted

Germany has condemned the arrest, one day earlier, of Alexander Lukashenko's main political rival.
PoliticsJune 19, 2020
Ukraine Präsidentschaftswahl 2019 | Debatte - Poroschenko vs. Selenskyj

Ukraine's presidential candidates debate ahead of elections

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy debated Friday night ahead of Sunday's runoff vote.
PoliticsApril 19, 2019
Johann Bernd Kommentarbild App

Ukraine's stalled revolution

Bernd Johann
Five years ago, Euromaidan gave Ukrainians hope. But the movement has failed to deliver due to lack of real leaders.
PoliticsNovember 21, 2018
Demonstrators hold Ukrainian and European Union flags during a rally in Kyiv in November 2013

Euromaidan five years on: Ukraine's new reformers

Five years ago, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets demanding an end to corruption.
PoliticsNovember 21, 2018
Oleg Sentsov in 2015

Oleg Sentsov wins EU Parliament's human rights prize

Sentsov has been awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov human rights prize.
Human RightsOctober 25, 2018
German air force transport plane

Bundeswehr criticized over Ukraine medical flights

The German military is refuting claims it is giving preference to soldiers and ignoring wounded civilians.
ConflictsAugust 9, 2018
ACUM launch in Moldova

A new Euromaidan in Moldova?

An opposition alliance has formed calling for election results to be honored and for an independent judiciary.
PoliticsJuly 1, 2018
Afghan police and military checkpoint outside Maidan city

Taliban take Afghan security forces hostage

The hostage-taking has caused local officials to believe collusion was involved in Maidan Wardak.
PoliticsJune 23, 2018
Yulia Tymoshenko addresses supporters on Facebook

Tymoshenko confirms new bid for presidency

The two-time ex-prime minister, who spent three years in jail for corruption, says she will run against Petro Poroshenko
PoliticsJune 20, 2018
Saakashvili raises his hands during a press conference in Warsaw

Who is Mikheil Saakashvili?

Wanted in his native Georgia, Saakashvili is engaged in a political battle with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
PoliticsFebruary 13, 2018
A street in Grabovets, Ukraine

German envoy to Ukraine praises Ukraine’s successes

Decentralization after the 2014 Ukraine revolution was the right step to take, says German Special Envoy Georg Milbradt.
PoliticsAugust 19, 2017
Russland Wiktor Janukowytsch per Video

Yanukovych treason trial kicks off in Kyiv

DW gives you a summary of key facts in the treason case against the former Ukrainian President.
PoliticsMay 4, 2017

Dancing to Keep the Maidan Dream Alive

SocietyNovember 9, 201610 images

Maidan Dreaming

PoliticsNovember 9, 2016

Post-Maidan

PoliticsNovember 9, 2016

The Maidan Generation

PoliticsNovember 9, 2016
Johann Bernd Kommentarbild App

Ukraine reloaded

Bernd Johann
Ukraine has a new prime minister, but the old boys' club lives on.
April 14, 2016
A protester throws an egg toward a building of Russian embassy during a rally demanding liberation of Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda Savchenko REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukrainians attack Russian Embassy in Kyiv

Ukrainians protesting for the release of pilot Nadezhda Savchenko have attacked the Russian Embassy in Kyiv.
March 6, 2016
The relatives of victims lay flowers and light candles at the temporary memorial for Maidan activists or 'Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred'

Ukraine marks two years since Maidan protests

Two years after protests which ousted a Russia-backed president, Ukrainians have come to Kyiv to remember the victims.
February 20, 2016
A Russian flag is waved behind Ukrainian supporters during a visit by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Berlin

Ukraine-Russian diaspora in Berlin

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is also dividing Berlin’s Russian community.
January 7, 2016
Pro-European integration protesters hold up their mobile phones during a demonstration in support of the EU integration at Independence Square in Kiev December 12, 2013 (photo: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

What's next for Ukraine?

Many Ukrainians are worried the world has forgotten about them - that also goes for Ukrainians living abroad.
December 18, 201507:10 min
Memorials for victims of the Kyiv Maidan protets

The Maidan movement

The pro-European Maidan movement is marking two years since the protests began in Kyiv.
November 22, 2015
Bürgermeisterwahlen in der Ukraine 2015 Klitschko

Klitschko wins round two of Kyiv mayoral race

Ukrainian politician and boxing star Vitali Klitschko has kept his position as the mayor of Kyiv, officials say.
November 16, 2015
Ukraine Soldaten an der Front bei Donezk

Ukraine: First phase of arms withdrawal complete

Ukraine's military says it's withdrawn artillery from the eastern front in accordance with a ceasefire agreement.
November 8, 2015
Copyright: picture-alliance/Zumapress

A day of reckoning in Ukraine?

The municipal polls in Ukraine will test the post-Euromaidan reformers affiliated with Petro Poroshenko.
October 24, 2015
Scene from the documentary "Winter on Fire" (Photo: Netflix Media Center)

Filmmaker 'not a welcome guest in Russia'

Evgeny Afineevsky's film "Winter on Fire" documents the Ukrainian uprising on Maidan square.
October 8, 2015
Ukraine - Pastor Ralf Haska

'Maidan pastor' leaves Ukraine

After a six-year posting that included a revolution, German Lutheran pastor Ralf Haska is leaving his Kyiv church.
July 5, 2015
Russland Moskau Duma Parlament

Moscow's anxiety neurosis

A new Russian law directed at civil organizations is an expression of the Kremlin's neurotic anxiety.
May 20, 2015
Yatsenyuk, Merkel

No carte blanche

Kyiv had enough time to probe last year's protest violence properly, says DW's Bernd Johann.
April 2, 2015
Putin beim Treffen mit Regierungsmitgliedern 04.02.2015

War with Ukraine 'unlikely,' says Putin

Vladimir Putin told state television that he does not expect his country will go to war with Ukraine.
February 24, 2015
Gedenkmarsch für die Opfer des Aufstands auf dem Maidan in Kiew

Open wounds

Ukrainians brought down a corrupt regime but are still looking for a better life, says Bernd Johann.
February 23, 2015
Gedenkmarsch für die Opfer des Aufstands auf dem Maidan in Kiew

Ukraine tense one year after Maidan shootings

Western leaders attend anniversary march in Kyiv. But a bombing in Kharkiv stole attention from the ceremony.
February 22, 2015
attend an "Anti-Maidan" rally to protest against the 2014 Kyiv uprising, which ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, in Moscow February 21, 2015. Thousands of Russians marched in Moscow on Saturday, carrying banners and signs disavowing the protests at Kiev's Independence Square, or Maidan, last year that ousted a Russian-backed president and created a rift between Ukraine and the West and Russia. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA -

Moscow 'anti-Maidan' march protests Kyiv 'coup'

Thousands of Russian activists have held a rally in Moscow in support of President Vladimir Putin.
February 21, 2015
Ukraine Gedenken am 1. Jahrestag des Blutbads auf dem Maidan

Poroshenko calls Maidan a 'victorious battle'

Ukrainian President Poroshenko said the victims of Maidan represent a victorious battle in the war for independence.
February 20, 2015
Ukraine Kiew Maidan ARCHIV & EINSCHRÄNKUNG

Maidan anniversary

One year ago, mass protests in Kyiv's Maidan square peaked.
February 20, 2015
Ukraine Kiew Gedenken an die Maidan-Toten

Poroshenko: Russian official behind Maidan snipers

Amid commemoration events for the anti-government protesters killed at Maidan, Poroshenko blames Russian official.
February 20, 2015
Ukraine Seperatisten in der Nähe von Debalzewe

Leaders push for truce in Ukraine

France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine have pledged their support to the Ukraine ceasefire deal despite ongoing fighting.
February 20, 2015
Pastor Ralf Haska on the Maidan in Kyiv

German pastor in Kyiv

Mareike Aden talks to a German pastor in Kyiv about how events have changed him and his flock.
December 19, 201407:37 min
Kiew Parlament

New Ukrainian parliament: Fresh start or off on the wrong foot?

Forming a coalition took longer than expected. Now, critics warn that Ukraine could once again be consumed by political discord. The atmosphere leading up to the first session of the new parliament was bleak.
November 27, 2014
Ukraine Präsident Petro Poroshenko

Ukrainians mark 'Euromaidan' anniversary

Ukrainians have gathered in Kyiv to mark the anniversary of the start of protests that toppled the country's Kremlin-friendly president. Meanwhile, five pro-Western parties have agreed to form a coalition government.
November 21, 2014
People with Ukraine flags in Independence Square, or Maidan. (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Revolution of dignity

Ukrainians defeated an autocratic regime, but Bernd Johann warns the new democracy is in peril.
November 21, 2014
Ukrainian soldiers pictured in a polling station

Clear signal in Kyiv

Ukraine's pro-European parties won out, but now they must seize the moment, says DW's Bernd Johann.
October 27, 2014