Protests in Kyiv

Protesters demand Ukraine sign a trade deal with the European Union, European Square, Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2013. (Henry Ridgwell for VOA)

Protestors also gathered in Independence Square, the center of the 2004 Orange Revolution, Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2013. (Henry Ridgwell for VOA)

Coal miner Alexei Androsky, from east Ukraine, took part in the protests, Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2013. (Henry Ridgwell for VOA)

The blue and gold flag of the European Union replaced the Orange flags of 2004 in protests in Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2013. (Henry Ridgwell/for VOA)