For nearly a 3 weeks, a pall of sweet-smelling wood smoke has hung over Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The reason of the riots is suspension of the European Union Association Agreement by the government.
Last weekend, the square played host to the worst violence in the country for almost a decade.
Tens of thousands of pro-European protesters defied a ban on demonstrations in the centre of Kiev and took control of Independence Square, stormed City Hall and demanded a “revolution” against President Viktor Yanukovych.
The authorities have been forced to cede control of not only the square, but the streets that surround it – and the demonstrators are not planning on leaving any time soon.
In fact they are busy preparing for their biggest protest to date; with up to 300,000 people expected to turn out on Sunday for the for the largest demonstration in Ukraine.
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