Protesters Take to the Streets as Ukraine’s President Flees

Anti-government protesters attack a man
(Photo : REUTERS/Baz Ratner) Anti-government protesters attack a man (C) whom they suspect of being a sniper who shot people during recent clashes in central Kyiv February 22, 2014. Ukraine’s parliament voted on Saturday to remove President Viktor Yanukovich, who abandoned his Kyiv office to protesters and denounced what he described as a coup after a week of fighting in the streets of the capital.

On Saturday morning, the residents of Ukraine found out that their president had fled to the east or west of the country resulting in mass disapproval. Protestors then took to the presidential grounds, 12 miles from downtown Kyiv. They faced perfectly assembled lawns and a mansion worth millions but were not afraid to express their disdain for the president’s act.


Police left the Kyiv area to head towards the presidential state to keep an eye on the protestors. They took along water-filled trucks and took control of the situations in the country. According to The Independent, many lost their lives in these protests but the local residents of the country are nowhere near stopping.

The protestors shouted, “What a thief” as they viewed the presidential palace. The crowds gathered in hundreds, all shouting the same phrases against the president. They were not allowed to enter the premises but made quite a commotion on the streets right in front of the presidential palace. The estate was guarded heavily from all sides trying to impose that the president might still be inside the house.

A young group of people did not want to just shout. They found their way in to the golf course and brought back some clubs to destroy a couple of drives parked along the road near the palace.

Financial Times reports, all this was in protest against the president’s deal with opposition leaders. The deal entailed that he could have an early election date. A law was passed in his favor and a new speaker took the stand allowing the president both of the things he asked for.

The Parliament initiated its work on parliamentary and presidential elections for the month of May. The agreement also allows the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, to be released from prison according to some reports however he has still not been freed yet.

All these changes have led to a mass unrest amongst the local residents in the country. They disapprove of the upcoming elections and the President’s move out of the city.

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