Maidan: a rally on the eve of a violent dispersal

November 29, 2004, Kyiv.

Video shows a rally on Independence Square calling for the resignation of the government and early parliamentary elections. A crowd of protesters with flags and banners “YES!”, chanting “Yushchenko!” and singing songs. Speech by member of the National Salvation Committee Mykola Tomenko.

Reference: On November 29, a rally was held on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, with participants demanding the resignation of the government and early parliamentary elections. In response to these calls, the authorities resorted to force. On the night of November 29-30, a brutal dispersal of protesters took place, during which Berkut special forces used explosive packages, beat people with batons, threw them off the pedestal of the Independence Monument, and trampled on them. The dispersal resulted in many injuries among the protesters.