euromaidan > 2013-2015 > the protests were launched following the ukrainian government's suspension of preparations for signing the ukraineeuropean union association agreement in favour of closer economic relations with russia and rejection of draft laws which would have allowed the release of jailed opposition leader yulia tymoshenko... > after a few days of demonstrations, an increasing number of university students joined the protests... > starting 23 january, several western ukrainian oblast (province) government buildings and regional councils were occupied in a revolt by euromaidan activists... .... > gets lost reading the article
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