Sources: ABC News
It is reported that Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is shot dead near his home in Kiev, Ukraine. The day after, the event is revealed by the Ukrainian Security Service to have been staged as part of an operation to catch those who were trying to kill him. 2018-05-29
A parked scooter explosion in Kiev, thought to be an assassination attempt on Ukrainian Radical MP Ihor Mosiychuk, kills his bodyguard and one more man. Mosiychuk, political scientist Vitaliy Bala and a woman are injured. 2017-10-25
The body of Ukrainian lawyer Yurij Grabovsky, who defended two ex-Russian soldiers charged in Eastern Ukraine with terrorism and waging an aggressive war against the country, is found on the grounds of a former farming collective in Zhashkiv, Ukraine. Grabovsky went missing from Kiev on March 9. Information from one of two men being held in this case led police to the remains. 2016-03-25
Riot police clash with protesters armed with firecrackers and petrol bombs outside the parliament building, in Kiev, Ukraine, leaving one national guardsman dead and around 100 people injured. 2015-08-31
Protesters claim control of the capital Kyiv with reports that President Viktor Yanukovych has fled to eastern Ukraine. 2014-02-22
Parliament repeals anti-protest laws which had led to protests. 2014-01-28
Yuri Lutsenko, one of the leaders of the protests, is injured during clashes with the police. 2014-01-11
Anti-government protesters topple the last surviving statue of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in central Kiev. 2013-12-8
During the third Sunday of mass protests, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in Kiev seek the resignation of the government for refusing a deal on closer ties with the European Union. 2013-12-8
Casualties are reported after clashes between protesters and police in Kiev. 2013-12-1