In February 2014, violent clashes took place between pro-Europe demonstrators and the police in the Ukrainian capital. The presidential couple paid tribute to the dead of the Maidan Revolution this Tuesday, February 20.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska placed lanterns at the site where several protesters died in Kyiv 10 years ago.
The President at the time, Viktor Yanukovych refused at the last moment to sign an agreement between Kyiv and the European Unionpreferring to turn towards Moscow.
Violent clashes between the police and pro-Europe demonstrators followed., who refused a rapprochement between Ukraine and Russia. The episode in the country’s history is also known as the “Revolution of Dignity”.
Viktor Yanukovych will subsequently be removed from office, and will flee Ukraine. A few years later, the former Ukrainian president would be convicted by the courts of his country for “high treason”.
The place where the current presidential couple visited on Tuesday should in the future become a memorial site, dedicated to the memory of the Maidan Revolution and those who became national heroes, known as the “Heroes of the Heavenly Centurie “.