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People just want to live in freedom.

Please don't let them provoke you!

We are not going to leave.

People from all regions of Ukraine...

VINNYTSYA:

LUGANSK:

should come to Kyiv and support us.

Our aim is to reverse

the existing political regime.

I have never seen

such concentration of testosterone

as at Mykhaylivs'ka Square

on November 30th,

when strong men came out to declare

that no one will ever

hurt children in this country.

Shame! Shame!

No bruise will be forgotten!

No beating must be forgotten!

All together, we are strong!

We have to organize

a nationwide strike,

and deprive the government

the right to perform any actions!

Enough! Take action!

Kyiv, stand up!

Everyone realized that if today

students are beaten,

tomorrow, anyone can be beaten as well.

From that came

the "March of the Millions."

Such rallies of a million people

were our hope to be heard.

To Maidan!

There were people

with baby strollers, elders,

disabled people on crutches...

It was amazing!

We realized that

we could change something.

WE ARE AGAINS THE POLICE STATE

ONLY A COWARD CAN HURT A CHILD

They give us corruption!

We give them revolution!

Everyday people, teachers,

doctors, street cleaners,

everyone, the whole country said,

"This must stop!"

I'd like all of us to remember

that there are two European values:

freedom and human dignity.

And no one can deprive us of them.

These are fundamental rights

that we must fight for.

Today all of us are here,

regardless of our political views,

people from different cities,

from all over Ukraine,

speaking different languages.

We all came here to fight for one thing:

for our freedom, our dignity.

Ukraine, we are all together!

One million people,

outraged by such barbaric cruelty.

They showed the government

must not enrage the nation.

This inspired me very much.

Our people are not without rights

and they are not cowards.

Brothers and sisters!

Yanukovych and his gang

raised a hand against our children!

He thought we would

be scared and hide!

Many of us were feeling very angry.

My friends said they were

going to Bankova Street,

because they wanted revenge

for the beatings of the girls.

All of them were so furious

about what happened.

I could see anger

in their faces and acts.

And everyone seriously thought

that the presidential headquarters

could be seized.

In the front lines

there were people wearing masks,

but as far as I could see,

there were average boys and girls

standing in the crowd behind.

Police with the people!

No aggression!

Only peaceful protest!

We have beautiful people here

who want change,

but let's get real, we are outnumbered!

If we want revolution to happen,

we need to involve them, not hit them!

There were provocateurs there

planted by the Berkut.

To give them a reason

to storm and beat everyone.

The police threw stun grenades,

and dispersed tear gas into the crowd.

One of the Berkut policemen

ran to me and hit my leg.

It hurt so much,

I couldn't walk or even stand.

Some of the Red Cross medical workers

pushed me into the nearest house

and protected me with their backs.

Berkut beat up all these guys.

They shielded me

with their backs and saved me.

My friend was beaten

much more than the others

while he was lying on the ground.

He is indifferent to politics.

He is an average man...

like most of us who were

standing on the Maidan.

Call the ambulance!

We can't help him.

I have only one question: Why?

Aren't you Ukrainian too?

We need a doctor!

People of Maidan asked officers

in reserve for help.

We gathered, moved to Maidan

and started to construct barricades.

What was good about Maidan

was self-organization.

Everyone knew what they needed to do,

and they did it on their own.

KYIV CITY:

STATE ADMINISTRATION

Protesters occupied the

Kyiv City State Administration Building.

It was a radical act

that formed the new face of Maidan.

THE NATION IS INVINCIBLE

I began providing food

for people on Maidan.

I found out what they needed,

warm clothes, hats, blankets...

I was shocked how people

stood in the street

despite such cold weather all this time.

I admire the courage of these people.

I was on Maidan from the beginning.

I saw how the students were

staying here in Maidan,

I was worried about them,

and live not too far from here.

It was a spontaneous idea,

to stay in Maidan

until everybody hears you.

Until the world hears you.

We are a European nation

and we will fight for our future!

I'm asking you one more time,

I'm begging you,

don't carry out the orders of

Convict Yanukovych.

Come to the side of your nation!

Come to the side of your nation!

During the negotiations,

while the whole world was watching

how a free Ukrainian nation

will overcome this situation,

the government decided to act

in the most disgraceful

and sneaky way ever.

The Berkut showed up

and surrounded Maidan.

They wanted to clear Maidan.

They had shields,

helmets and body armor,

while we were unarmed.

Those who gave the command,

don't commit the greatest crime

in the country's history.

Don't do this, please!

Shame! Shame!

All the women were sent to the stage,

so they wouldn't get hurt,

while the men somehow

tried to hold off the Berkut.

We were standing hand in hand...

and didn't know

what would happen next.

We just hoped for the best.

We couldn't allow any provocation.

On the count of one,

they started pushing us.

We felt like we were squeezed.

The pressure of Berkut was so huge

it started to break up

the hand-chain of the Maidan protesters.

I started singing the anthem,

even though it was hard.

But when you hear it,

your hands become stronger.

It wasn't fear, but apprehension.

"What if they manage to break us up?"

We weren't afraid of being hurt.

We were afraid that the idea

of Maidan would be extinguished.

People called me at 1:30 a.m.

I was getting so many calls.

I realized I had to act.

So with Bishop Agapit's blessing,

my friends and I started

ringing all the bells.

Today, December 11th, 2013,

they are trying to wipe out Maidan.

Mykhalyvs'kyi Monastery is doing

something in order to prevent that.

The last time Mykhalyvs'kyi Monastery

rang all the bells...

was in 1240

when the Mongol-Tatars invaded Kyiv.

I was afraid that people

would only know

about what had happened

from the morning TV news again.

Then I saw my friends arriving,

leaving their cars in the street

and running.

When people were going

to Maidan on foot,

no one could stop it!

Lots of drivers picked up people

far from the city center

and brought them to Maidan.

More and more Kyiv citizens came.

Finally, there were about 15,000 of us.

So the Berkut couldn't do anything.

That night of December 11th

showed how important

the spirit of unity is.

It didn't matter anymore

how much money and efforts

would be needed

to achieve the aim.

The point was human dignity.

-Glory to Ukraine!

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