From the end of February 2014, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the ousting of Russian-leaning Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, demonstrations
Euromaidan demonstration in Kyiv, January 2014
Anti-Maidan in Kyiv, 14 December 2013
Russian "little green men" during the seizure of Perevalne military base, 9 March 2014
Pro-Russian protest in Donetsk, 6 April 2014. Pictured are flags of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Empire, and the Eurasian Youth Union.
In early 2014, there were clashes between rival groups of protesters in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, during the pro-Russian unrest that followed the Ukrainian Revolution. On one side were 'pro-Maidan'
Union House after the fire on 2 May 2014
Pro-Russian Odessa Militia activists at the protest camp on 13 April 2014
Anti-government demonstration in Odesa, 13 April 2014
Pro-government and anti-Russian military intervention in Ukraine demonstration in Odesa, 9 March 2014