Ukrainians rally in memory of Donbass dead
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Thousands of Ukrainians in Kyiv took part on Sunday in marches in memory of reported victims of Donetsk People's Republic militants in a tragedy on January 13 near Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast. On that day reportedly thirteen people on a bus were killed and sixteen wounded when separatists struck the bus with a Grad missile launcher near a Ukrainian checkpoint.
The same marches also took place in other major Ukrainian cities, including Odessa, Kharkiv, Dniepropetrovsk and Zaporizhia as well as some towns in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
During the march in Kyiv President Poroshenko promised to return Donbass to Ukraine and Khmelnytsky requested the Government to recognise Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic as terrorist organisations officially. Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko said, "Here are those, who are disturbed with a problem of terrorism. Those who want to stop this evil." ((uk))Ukrainian language: Сюди прийшли ті, кому не байдужа проблема тероризму. Ті, хто хоче зупинити це зло.
The march ended with a public prayer for victims of terror. The Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav Shevchuk and the Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’ - Ukraine Filaret, as well as representatives of Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Clerical Board of Ukraine's Muslims, Armenian Apostolic Church took part in this prayer.
Gallery
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Panorama at European square and Grushevsky street, Kyiv
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Posters: "Putin - main terrorist!", "Freedom for Nadia Savchenko!" (Grushevsky street, Kyiv)
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Flowers for Michael Zhisnewsky, one of the first Heavenly Hundred (Grushevsky street, Kyiv).
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Posters: "Stop Russian Aggerssion. Adolf Putin. Hands off Ukraine" (Institute street, Kyiv)
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Posters: "Russia - sponsor of terrorism" (Institute street, Kyiv)
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv. Poster sais: "Zolotonosha: Putin khuilo!
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Sources
- Oksana Torhan, Olena Goncharova, Volodymyr Petrov. "Ukrainians rally against terrorism (PHOTO, VIDEO)" — Kyiv Post, January 18, 2015
- "У містах України пройшли марші миру (ФОТО)" — uazmi.org, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "Українці вийшли на марш миру «Я — Волноваха»" — Українська правда, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "У Запоріжжі пройшов марш пам'яті жертв тероризму на Донбасі" — Hromadske.TV, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "Сєвєродонецьк вийшов на Марш миру" — korrespondent.net, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "Жителі Донеччини вийшли на Марші миру" — Коментарі, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "Порошенко на Марші пам'яті: Ми повернемо Донбас" — Українська правда, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "У Луцьку учасники Маршу миру звернулися до президента та Кабміну з проханням ввести військовий стан" — 112.ua, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "Хмельничани вийшла на марш миру «Я - Волноваха» (ФОТО)" — ye.ua, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "Кличко на Марші миру: Ворог боїться нас, то ж будемо сильними" — segodnya.ua, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "На Майдані розпочинається молебень за жертвами терору" — 5.ua, Jaunary 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- "Арсеній Яценюк взяв участь у панахиді за жертвами тероризму та молебні за мир на Майдані Незалежності" — Government of Ukraine, January 18, 2015 (Ukrainian)