2014 in Ukraine
Events in the year 2014 in Ukraine
Incumbents
Events
January
- 22 January – At least five people are shot dead and hundreds injured as demonstrators clash with police over new laws limiting the right to protest in Ukraine.[1][2][3]
- 28 January – Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov submits his resignation to President Viktor Yanukovych in a bid to defuse the conflict in Ukraine.[4][5]
February
- 4 February – At least 13 people die and five others are injured when a commuter train slams into a shuttle bus in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.[6][7]
- 18 February – Seven miners are killed and nine injured in an explosion at the Pivnichna coal mine in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.[8][9]
- 20 February – At least 77 people are dead and large parts of Kiev's occupied Independence Square are burning after a bloody escalation of Ukraine's three-month political crisis.[10][11][12][13]
Deaths
- January 22 - Serhiy Nigoyan
References
- ^ Laura Smith-Spark, Victoria Butenko (23 January 2014). "Ukraine protest movement: At least 4 killed in clashes with police". CNN.
- ^ Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets (22 January 2014). "Ukraine Protests: 3 Killed As Police Clash With Demonstrators In Kiev". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Dan McLaughlin (22 January 2014). "As many as five protesters die in Ukraine clashes". The Irish Times.
- ^ Laura Smith-Spark, Diana Magnay, Victoria Butenko (28 January 2014). "Ukraine's parliament scraps anti-protest laws, Prime Minister resigns". CNN.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Richard Balmforth, Pavel Polityuk (28 January 2014). "Ukraine PM tenders resignation, parliament revokes anti-protest laws". Reuters.
- ^ "13 killed as commuter train rips apart shuttle bus on crossing in Ukraine". RT. 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Train hits minibus in eastern Ukraine, 13 dead". Fox News. 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine: Seven dead in blast at Pivnichna coal mine". BBC News. 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Seven miners killed in Ukraine blast". Yahoo! News. 18 February 2014.
- ^ Maria Danilova, Yuras Karmanau (20 February 2014). "Ukraine Announces Deal to End Crisis; Shots Fired in Kiev". ABC News.
- ^ "Ukraine bloodshed: Kiev death toll jumps to 77". RT. 20 February 2014.
- ^ Ian Traynor (21 February 2014). "Ukraine's bloodiest day: dozens dead as Kiev protesters regain territory from police". The Guardian.
- ^ Phil Black, Nick Paton Walsh, Michael Pearson (21 February 2014). "Diplomatic talks in Ukraine last until dawn, a day after 100 may have died". CNN.
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