Winter on Fire

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Do something.

Do something for the revolution.

I'm filming.

This is the Ukrainian Revolution.

It's fun.

They're shooting over there!

Don't go there!

Don't go there!

They're shooting over there!

There, he fell.

I was just dragging a dead body.

I stepped in blood.

You can't surprise me with anything.

You thought it would be easy,

just go to Maidan,

hang out a little and then go back?

Not me.

I always wanted to be on the front lines.

That's it. He's dead.

There is no alternative

to the integration with the EU.

Something was promised to people,

everything was working toward this,

and then...

On November 21st,

Prime Minister Azarov said

they were not signing the agreement.

It was hard to make a decision

to stop the process

of signing the EU Free Trade Agreement.

Listen, listen, you can always scream.

We know you can scream.

It's a big step backwards,

not just a step of one generation,

but all the way back

to my grandparents in the USSR.

This outraged people,

not just because times are tough now,

but they also stole our children's future.

My friend wrote me on Facebook,

"Did you see Mustafa's call

to come to Maidan?"

STATUS UPDATE:

I said, "Yes, I saw it".

I was working late.

I opened Facebook

and the first post I saw said

to come to Maidan.

I closed my laptop.

The next time I opened it

was a month and a half later.

Everything began here on Maidan.

First, there were about 300-400 people.

We were looking at each other and saying,

"Where are these thousands

of people that Mustafa called?"

People gradually began to come out

from the subway and public transport,

and in half an hour there were

already thousands of people.

The next day,

people woke up and went to Maidan.

Despite the rain, we were here.

I came here because several days ago,

our government crossed out

the future of Ukraine,

and the aspirations of Ukrainian youth.

I came here to defend my future,

the future of my children,

compatriots and country.

Vitali Klitschko came to Maidan when he

saw that a huge crowd was gathering there.

He brought his truck

with the banner of his political party

but people made him take it away.

In general, these were people

indifferent to politics.

Ukraine is part of Europe!

When students started to mass together,

it became clear that

something was gonna happen.

Ukraine is part of Europe!

Ukraine is part of Europe!

What energy there was!

I have no words to express it!

Some people outside Maidan

were angry with us,

saying, "It's like a festival,

not a protest.

You are just standing,

singing songs and dancing."

We are standing here to prove

that Ukraine is a European country,

to reverse the existing political regime.

We dream of a better future.

I went to a caf,

and I sat at a table

with some of the students,

and I fell in love with these kids,

because their souls are so pure,

and they believe in Ukraine so much.

Look at the people,

how inspired they are,

not because of alcohol or drugs,

but because of togetherness.

Together, till the end!

I'm applauding for those who came out

for European integration.

People came out because

the government promised them

to make an agreement

with the European Union,

so we'll finally have steps

to live as a European country...

like a part of the civil world.

Sign!

Yanukovych, sign the agreement!

Sign!

This is our document!

We gathered in Maidan,

to demand our politicians

sign the agreement with the EU!

We're waiting on tomorrow's signing.

The Maidan of 2004 started the same way.

People were standing for their rights,

and they proved that we have the power.

Do what we want!

A miracle didn't happen,

and European Union leaders

and Ukraine have failed to sign

an historic free trade deal after

a last minute U-turn from Kyiv.

Shame!

Convict out!

Shame! Shame!

There were quite a lot of police.

They began encircling Maidan.

Police cars were approaching.

During the whole day

we had the feeling,

that the Berkut Special Forces

had been preparing for something.

I'd like to pronounce one word:

Re-vo-lu-tion.

Re-vo-lu-tion!

Take down the regime!

The police with the people!

Girls stood in the center,

and boys filled the stairs.

The girls began to sing

the national anthem.

Stop!

Stop!

I'm falling!

What the hell are you doing? Why?

Be careful!

The troops beat everyone with iron sticks

instead of plastic ones.

It seemed that even they were surprised

by injuries they had made using them.

Why?

My friends called me and

I heard people screaming and crying,

and I immediately understood

what was going on.

And you want to cry, to run,

to break something,

because you realize you can't do anything

to stop this mass destruction machine.

There were girls! Kids were there!

They pushed the 18-year-old girl

and started beating her.

They beat people in the back,

people fell down,

but they continued beating them.

I just wanted to find a girl

that got lost there.

But they didn't understand that

and started beating.

They didn't act like human beings.

When I asked them why,

they answered,

"Be grateful you're not being arrested."

The motto, "police with people"

is absolutely incorrect,

because all of them stand entirely

with the a**hole president.

There are such bastards in the police,

that I'm not surprised that our president

is such a person as Yanukovych.

People who managed

to escape from Maidan

moved to Mykhaylivs'kyi

zolotoverkhyi Monastery.

My friend is injured,

he has a concussion

and he's in the hospital now.

My wife's arm is heavily bruised.

I feel well enough,

although my head is injured.

It's nothing serious.

I wanted to take away his stick,

but another Berkut came,

and shattered my eye with his stick.

At 7:
30 a.m., the Berkut pulled up.

Their bus stopped at the gate.

What do you want from us?

-Hello, how are you there?

-Oh, come on, stop these provocations.

Provocations? You are the one

who broke into the church.

-Take away your bus and leave!

-I said we won't hurt you, okay?

-I said we won't hurt you.

-You should've thought of that earlier.

At the monastery, we tried

to understand what had happened.

We were afraid.

And if we don't want

to be afraid tomorrow,

we have to come out

and defend our position today.

Around 11:
00 a.m.,

there was no free space.

The monastery was filled to capacity.

We opened a food center,

and a drop-off to provide warm clothes.

We put tables over there,

and created a legal aid center.

The medical center

was near that wall.

An information center was also here.

The government wanted to stop

this at the grassroots level,

but the reaction was opposite.

For Ukrainians and the country,

it was the first time when the government

so openly and brutally

demonstrated they're against

peaceful protests.

Ukraine, wake up!

People started protesting

because they're sick and tired.

At this point, it's not even about

European integration anymore.

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