fb.com/EuroMaidan №4, 26th of January, 2014 Maidan Chronicle FOR OUR FREEDOM AND YOURS

SUMMARY

PROTESTS NOW COVER Lutsk Rivne Chernihiv MOST OF THE TERRITORY Sumy Zhytomyr OF UKRAINE. 10 REGIONAL Кyiv

STATE ADMINISTRATIONS Lviv Poltava Kharkiv Ternopil ARE OCCUPIED. AUTHORI- Luhansk Khmelnytskyi TIES START TO TALK ABOUT Cherkasy Ivano-Frankivsk Vinnytsia CONCESSIONS. Uzhgorod Chernivtsi Kyrovohrad Dnipropetrovsk 24-25th OF JANUARY: Donetsk

Mykolaiv The Opposition rejected Pres- Zaporizhia Odesa ident’s offer to stop mass pro- Supports People’s Rada Kherson tests in exchange for Cabinet Seizure or barricading positions for opposition lead- of government buildings ers. Protesters forced police Mass riots forces out of the Ukrainian Crimea Chamber. Mass protests con- Football ultras support Maidan tinue in dozens of Ukrainian cities. In Kharkiv protesters are attacked by “tityshky”, in Cherkasy the “Berkyt”actively 17 protesters for the time of 8.42 am Cease-fire begins on detains activists and random criminal investigations against Gryshevskogo street. Protesters people. In Western Ukraine them. and military forces start local councils ban the Party of negotiations. Regions and the Communist 12.40 am The Ministry of Party. Internal Affairs reports that 10.03 am The Ministry of thee policemen were attacked Internal Affairs insists that by self-organized security missing policeman are forces of Maidan. Policemen forcefully kept in the building of JANUARY 24 are said to be kept in the Kyiv city council and warns that building of Kyiv city council, military forces will be used to 10.17 pm Fights on occupied by protesters. Chief free them. Gryshevskogo Street continue. commandant of Maidan the Protesters claim that special MP Andriy Parybiy refutes this 10.44 am member of the military unit «Berkyt» was the information and warns that it party of Regions Volodymyr first side to open a fire. may be used as a pretext to use Makeenko is appointed as head of Kyiv city administration. Mr. 10.22 pm Chief news editor military forces against peaceful Makeenko’s political career Oksana Kornijchyk and chief protesters. includes membership in the speaker of evening news Julia 5.28 am Desnianskiy and Communist Party, the Socialist Galyshka quit state-owned First Sviatoshyno district courts Party, the Party «Our Ukraine» National TV channel. of Kyiv imprison 12 more (previously headed by former 11.44 pm A policeman is shot protesters. President V. Yuschenko), and in Kyiv. The body is found near the Party of Regions. 7.21 am Mass protest now the residence of the «Berkyt». covers 8 regions of Ukraine 11.07 am Activists occupy the where buildings of regional building of the Ministry of JANUARY 25 administrations are occupied by Energy and Coal Industry on 12.04 am Obolon district court protesters. Chreschatyk street. of Kyiv Courts of Kyiv imprison

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11.23 am Preresentatives 2.03 pm 7 protesters are 2.25 pm There appears of Hebrew organizations in arrested for participation in an information that authorities Ukraine send an open letter to attempt to occupy Cherkasy plan to amend laws on the President of Ukraine and regional state administration. dictatorship in order to have the Minister of Interior, thus a legal opportunity to block articulating their resentment on 2.39 pm The «Metalyst» bank accounts through which anti-Semitic propaganda found football club claims to prohibit funding for Maidan comes. on pages of the «Berkyt» in any football fan who actively social networks. supported Maidan from 4.00 am Students of the entering the stadium. Fans have Military Academy leave the 11.34 am Protesters occupy the previously promised to defend Ukrainian Chamber after few building of Vinnitsa regional local Maidan from «tityshky». hours of blockade. state administration. 3.16 pm During the day 5.09 am Ternopil and Ivano- 12.12 pm The Party «Svoboda» protesters succeed in Frankivsk regional councils reports that Roman Senyk, occupying regional state vote for prohibition of activities who was seriously injured administrations in Poltava, and symbolics of the Party of in fights on Gryshevskogo Vinnitsa, Chernigiv Regions and the Communist street on January, 22, died Party within respective regions. in the hospital. It is reported 4.00 pm Democratic that Roman’s lung was shot Alliance called for all decent 8.04 am In Cherkasy the through by a sharpshooter, and representatives of military “Betkyt” detains and severely forearm - injured by a shotgun; forces to join the people and beats dozens of activists and as a result, he lost 3,5 litters to protect deminstrants from random people. of blood and had his arm criminals in straps amputated. For 4 hours more 10.42 am The MP of the Party that 200 people donated blood 10.16 pm President Yanukovych of Regions Mykola Rydkovskiy for Roman. offers Arseniy Yatseniyk the submits a draft law on abolition position of Prime-Minister and of laws on dictatorship of 12.37 pm Piquet of the Vitaliy Klychko - the position January 16, 014, under the Prosecutor General’s office of Vice-Prime-Minister on pretext that these laws violate starts. More than 5 thousands humanitarian issues. Instead, rights and freedoms of citizens, people are participating. Yanukovich demands of guaranteed by the Constituiton. opposition leaders to stop mass 12.38 pm 2 thousands protests. Under the pressure 11.19 am Press-center, kitchen protesters storm the building of Maidan opposition leaders and warming point are of Chernigiv regional state refuse. organized in the Ukrainian administration and demand Chamber, which is occupied resignation of the governor. JANUARY 26 by the protesters. Members of museum staff claim that police 1.02 pm Automaidan offers a 12.23 am The Minister of forces damaged some of exipits reward of 10 000 U.S. dollars Internal Affairs Zakharchenko of the museum. for information about Dmytro reports that protesters are Bylatov, who is supposedly planning to use napalm against 11.57 am A dead body with kidnapped. police forces. arms and legs tied together is found on Obolon. The Ministry 1.17 pm Сompany, owned by 12.28 am Maidan self-defence of Internal Affairs claims that one of the richest Ukrainian units storm the building person was not killed. businessman and key sponsor of Ukrainian Chamber of the party of Regions Rinat near Gryshevskogo street. Akhmetov releases a statement 200 students of Military in favor of peaceful settlement Academy, that appeared in the of political crisis in Ukraine and Chamber all of a sudden, were against application of force. suspected to plan to storm protesters on Gryshevskogo street.

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