10 Years After ‘Euromaidan’ Protests, Ukraine’s EU Future Still Hangs in Balance

A woman lays flowers at the monument to the "Heavenly Hundred," the people killed during the Ukrainian pro-European Union mass demonstrations in 2014, during an event marking the 10th anniversary of the start of the uprising, in Kyiv, on Nov. 21, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures toward European Council President Charles Michel after a press conference following their talks in Kyiv on Nov. 23, 2023.

Ten years ago, thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv’s Independence Square to demand a European future for their country. Their actions set into motion a decade of revolution, turmoil and conflict, culminating in Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.