Showing posts with label contemplation and emotion to one year after Maidan. Show all posts
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Kiev, contemplation and emotion to one year after Maidan

"" A year has already passed. We learn to live without a father, without a husband. ""



In Kiev, Independence Square turned into a place of remembrance and contemplation. Portraits by tens, flowers and candles recall that a year ago, security forces opened fire on pro-European protesters. February 20, 2014, was a bloody day for Ukraine. Today, people remember the dead Maidan.


"A year has already elapsed. We learn to live without a father, without a husband. It is as if everything had happened yesterday. I remember everything from his every move, his steps, his smile, his expressions. "


"We feel united with people because they were close to us when we were in danger. Therefore Maidan is different from other places. It was dangerous at the same time a kind of energy we drew it. "


Ceremonies and gatherings are planned in Kiev on Friday and throughout the weekend to celebrate this anniversary dark. "