Smoke, ruins, death: The massacre on the Maidan was seen as Ukraine’s departure towards the west. What Putin’s attack on the country means for this revolution.
The battle on the Maidan had already lasted two days and two nights when the morning of February 20, 2014 dawned. Three months of showdowns between the regime of Viktor Yanukovych, the head of state controlled by Moscow, and a nation on the barricades – then the entire country exploded with the Maidan.