Ukraine bing (6)

The events of Ukraine

By ambergoodfellow

  • Ukraine's Becomes Independent

    Ukraine declares independence from USSR following an attempted coup in Moscow. (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Orange Revolution

    Presidental election: opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko leads mass street protests. (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)
  • Election re-run

    Election re-run

    Opposition candidate Viktor Yuschenko tops poll in election re-run. Rival candidate Yulia Tymoshenko resigns as prime minister. (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)
  • Viktor Yanukovych declared President

    Viktor Yanukovych declared President

  • President Yanukovych seeks closer co-operation with Russia

    President Yanukovych seeks closer co-operation with Russia

    Small protests start (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)
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    Protests begin

    100,000 people gather in Kiev, Ukraine to protest the goverment's EU decision. 35 arrested.

  • Valdimir Putin helps President Yanukovych

    Putin agrees to buy $15bn of Ukrainian debt and reduce the price of Russian gas supplies by about one third.(Collaborated from CNN and BBC)
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    Parliament passes restrictive anti-protest laws. Protesters storm regional government offices in western Ukraine

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    Anti-protest law annuled

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    protestors released

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)
  • Clashes erupt

    Clashes erupt

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Worst day of violence in Kiev

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • President Yanukovych signs compromise deal with opposition leaders

  • President Yanukovych disappears

    Protesters take control of presidential administration buildings. Parliament votes to remove president from power. Mr. Yanukoyvh appears on TV to denounce "coup." Rival Yulia Tymoshenko is freed from jail.(Collaborated from CNN and BBC)
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    Parliament names speaker Olexander Turchynov as interim president

    An arrest warrant is issued for Yanukovych.
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    Pro-Russian gunmen seize key buildings in the Crimean captial, Simferopl

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Russia's parliament approves Valdimir Putin's request to use force in Ukraine to protech Russian interests.

    Pro-Russian rallies take place in Ukrainian cities. Barack Obama tells Mr. Putin to pull forces back. (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Ukraine's interim PM Yatsenyuk says Russia has effetively declared war.

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Black Monday

    Reports suggest Russia's military issues deadline for Ukrainian forces in Crimea to surrender (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Putin breaks his silence

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)
  • Crimea's parliament votes to join Russia.

    Crimea's parliament votes to join Russia.

    Referendum scheduled for March 16 (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Russia says it will support Crimea if the region votes to leave Ukraine

  • US and France warn Russia

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Barack Obama pledge to stand with Ukraine

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Referendum says 97% of voters back a proposal to join Russia

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • EU and US impose travel bans and asset freezes on several officials from Russian and Ukraine over the Crimea referendum

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Russian President Valdimir Putin addresses parliament, defending Moscow's actions

    (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)

  • Ukraine starts drawing up plans to withdraw its soldiers and families from Crimea.

    pro-Russian forces seized two naval bases and detained Ukrainian navy chief in an unknown location. Ukraine leaves Moscow-led Commonwealth of Independent States alliance. (Collaborated from CNN and BBC)