Hundreds commemorate Maidan events of two years ago in central Kyiv

16:32, 20.02.2016 1 min read

The second anniversary of the Maidan events is being commemorated on the Independence Square and nearby streets in Kyiv on Saturday.

Hundreds of people, many in military uniforms, have gathered on the square.

Activists are rallying near the Independence Monument, a victory column on the square, to demand a full inquiry into the killings of people on Maidan, and that those responsible be brought to justice.

A commemorative prayer was performed in the Heavenly Hundred Alley and a part of former Istytutska Street. Before that, several hundred people walked to a cross erected in memory of the victims.

In the morning, Donbas combatants and volunteer battalion fighters gathered to demand halt to the persecutions of their fellow fighters, and justice for those killed in Ilovaisk and Debaltseve.

Overall, the situation is quiet; police are dispersed throughout the square's perimeter and in nearby streets to maintain order.