A memorial service was held Friday in Kiev on Independence Square. There is one year here in Maidan, riot police opened fire on protesters making 106 dead.
This bloodbath was a turning point in the popular uprising. On 22 February, President Viktor Yanukovych took flight, leaving room for a pro-Western government.
But a year later, the euphoria of the Ukrainian revolution seems far away! The East is plagued for months deadly fighting.
However, the Chairman Petro Poroshenko, who spoke Friday on Independence Square, sought optimistic. "The year 2015 will be decisive in implementing fundamental changes in the construction of a new country, he said. I am sure that Ukraine will live in peace, it will grow and inch closer to Europe. "
Still, for a year, the sovereignty of Ukraine is harmed. Crimea seceded and became part of Russia. And in the Donbass region, the pro-Russian separatist groups are gaining ground every day.
A list of 106 martyrs of Maidan, but now with the victims of the war in the east. More than 5,600 people since April ...
Efforts in recent months to find a peaceful solution to the crisis are struggling to succeed. To give to these ceremonies of remembrance at Maidan, a slightly bitter taste.
