“Ukraine without Kuchma": protests on European Square

“Ukraine without Kuchma": protests on European Square

2002, 19 min

Kyiv, October 12, 2002: The Ukrainian opposition—the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, and the Socialist Party of Ukraine—is protesting, demanding President Leonid Kuchma's resignation and early presidential elections.

The video shows a rally, a speech by the head of the Union of Officers of Ukraine, Hryhoriy Omelchenko, flags of the People's Movement flying, a speech by MP Petro Symonenko and a member of the Reforms and Order party, Taras Chornovil, demonstrators with flags, the head of the Socialist Party, Oleksandr Moroz, at the microphone, people with flags near the monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and a march from Sophia Square.