Ukraine protests: Before and after photos from Kiev's battle zone

I&#x27;m kind of amazed how few dead there are.<p>If this happened in the USA, every single protester (and innocent bystander) would be in jail or dead by now.<p>I heard they forced the retirement of head of the army who was refusing shooting on their own people and put the head of the navy in charge? Doesn&#x27;t sound like it is going to end well.

Considering what has happened in the last 12 years of global conflict, and the type of truth that has been reveled after-the-fact, it&#x27;s amazing how many ignorant and absolutely biased people this thread has, all proclaiming the same old &quot;we must support the peace-loving freedom fighters&quot; and &quot;Putin is evil&quot; cliché.

I have a hard time imagining what the best-case is among the likely scenarios for Ukraine, moving forward. Stepdown of their president, and then business as usual? A full military coup (like Egypt)?

Ukrainians are making news. The country is seeing protests over a cancelled trade deal with the EU, a Ukrainian immigrant sold his company for $19B.<p>It&#x27;s easy to see why Ukrainians would want to align with open economies of the west than with Russia.

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I remember an interview in the early stages of the protest where the demonstrators were so proud of their non-violent and peacefully organized demonstration, showing how elderly people helped with logistics etc. How do they feel now?

Слава Україні! Хлопці та жінки, вибачте що не з вами, що не в Києві! Сподіваємось, що знайдемо змогу вам допомогти!

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