Key dates about Ukraine's events
2013
2014
2013
- Nov. 21: Ukraine suspends plans to sign EU association agreement
- Nov. 30: Riot police crack down on anti-government protesters in Kyiv
- Dec. 17: Russia offers $15 billion in loans and slashes gas prices
2014
- Jan. 16: Ukraine parliament passes anti-protest law
- Jan. 22: Protests spread, two protesters shot and killed in Kyiv clashes
- Jan. 29: Parliament approves law offering amnesty to detained protesters if demonstrators abandon occupied buildings
- Feb. 16: Protesters leave occupied government buildings after 2 months
- Feb. 18: Police storm Kyiv protest camp, 18 protesters and police are killed
- Feb. 20: Battles erupt, despite a truce announced a day earlier. At least 39 people are killed
- Feb. 21: President Yanukovych announces early elections after talks brokered by EU diplomats
- Feb. 22: Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is freed
- Feb. 23: Oleksandr Turchynov named interim leader, the whereabouts of Viktor Yanukovych are unclear
- Feb. 24: Ukraine issues arrest warrant for ousted President Yanukovych