Eight years after pro-democracy protesters were killed in Kyiv, Ukraine faces greater Russian threat

Kyiv – Ukrainians on Sunday remembered and honored the lives of dozens of people who were gunned down by the government during the country's 2014 popular uprising — called the Maidan revolution — that forced Russian-backed then-President Viktor Yanukovych out of power eight years ago. But on a day that many spent laying flowers at the memorials of those who died fighting against Russian influence over Ukraine, a new threat of a Russian invasion loomed large.

"It's a big stress that we are facing, but we have been at war with Russia for the last eight years," 23-year-old Iuliia, who gathered with other demonstrators at Maidan Square, told CBS News. "For me, it was a good sacrifice and a sign that people were willing to fight for their freedom, their country, and their right to live the way they want…  it was really meaningful back then and it's still meaningful today," she said.

"I think that the Ukrainian people has made its decision, and I don't think that Russia is in a position to overturn it," 34-year-old Artem, who participated in the Maidan protests, told CBS News. He was wrapped in a Ukrainian flag.