11 December 2013 Euromaidan assault

The assault of Euromaidan by security forces on 11 December 2013 was an attempt by Viktor Yanukovych's government to break up the Euromaidan protest through a night assault using Berkut special police units and interior ministry troops. Their tactics included the displacement of frontal peaceful protesters from lightly barricaded camps at the Independence Square and part of Khreshchatyk Street which is near Bessarabska Square.

11 December 2013 police assault on Euromaidan
Part of Euromaidan
Police clash with protesters on the night of 10 December
Date10–12 December 2013
Location
Kyiv, Ukraine
Caused byPolice attempt to clear Maidan
GoalsClearing the Euromaidan Protest
MethodsProtesting, raiding, civil disobedience
StatusOver
Parties
Maidan protesters
Lead figures

Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Vitali Klitschko
Oleh Tyahnybok
Petro Poroshenko
Yuriy Lutsenko
Oleksandr Turchynov
Andriy Parubiy
Andriy Sadovyi
Ruslana
Tetiana Chornovol
Dmytro Bulatov
Dmytro Yarosh
Refat Chubarov

Viktor Yanukovych
Mykola Azarov
Serhiy Arbuzov
Vitaliy Zakharchenko
Oleksandr Yefremov
Andriy Klyuyev
Hennadiy Kernes
Mikhail Dobkin
Viktor Pshonka
Olena Lukash
Yuriy Boyko
Leonid Kozhara
Dmytro Tabachnyk

Number
Kyiv:
400,000–800,000 protesters
12,000 "self-defense sotnia"
  • 4,000 Berkut
  • 1,000 Internal Troops
  • 3,000–4,000 titushky
Casualties and losses
Some injured

The government claimed the need to maintain public order and the enforcement of a decision made by the Pecherskyi District Court, that was read by state bailiffs to the protesters. However, it was later established that such a procedure was illegal, as state executors only had the right to read decisions until 10pm. The court order was also explicit in the fact that Vitali Klitschko was forbidden to hinder citizens moving along the main streets. Vitali Klitschko himself was not aware of this decision, nor was he given the opportunity to appeal it. People responsible for the assault against the protesters have not been identified.

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