Billedserie 21.11.14 Kl. 13:56

Konflikten i Ukraine - et år er gået

Det er nu et år siden, at konflikten i Ukraine begyndte, og den fortsætter stadig på fuldt blus. Her kan du se billeder fra det forgangne år i Ukraine.

Thilde Thordahl Andersen
Journalist
Her ses et af de mange stærke billeder fra konflikten i Ukraine, hvor en ortodoks præst forsøger at stoppe kampe mellem demonstranter og politi i Kijev. Se mange flere i billedserien nedenfor.
Her ses et af de mange stærke billeder fra konflikten i Ukraine, hvor en ortodoks præst forsøger at stoppe kampe mellem demonstranter og politi i Kijev. Se mange flere i billedserien nedenfor.

Det hele startede for nøjagtig et år siden.

Den 21. november 2013 forlod den daværende ukrainske præsident, Viktor Janukovitj, forhandlinger med EU om en handelsaftale.

På grund af uenigheder ved forhandlingsbordet vendte præsidenten sig i stedet mod Rusland for at skabe en tættere relation til naboen mod øst.

Læs meget mere om konflikten i Ukraine her 

Det blev for meget for tusindvis af ukrainere, som hellere så et ukrainsk samarbejde med Europa end med Rusland.

Siden den dag har Ukraine været ramt af demonstrationer og kampe mellem pro-europæere og pro-russere, og blandt andet er øen Krim blevet annekteret af Rusland efter en ulovlig afstemning.

I denne billedserie kan du få sat ansigt på nogle af de mange mennesker, der har været berørt at konflikten i Ukraine de seneste 12 måneder.

TOPSHOTS Protesters use tear gas and throw stones during clashes with riot police in front of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine during a rally in Kiev on November 24, 2013. Thousands of pro-Europe protesters in Ukraine attempted to storm the government building in the capital of Kiev Sunday, clashing with police who fired tear gas to keep them back. Protesters tried to break through police ranks surrounding the building, with some throwing stones and hitting officers with the signs they wer....
TOPSHOTS Protesters use tear gas and throw stones during clashes with riot police in front of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine during a rally in Kiev on November 24, 2013. Thousands of pro-Europe protesters in Ukraine attempted to storm the government building in the capital of Kiev Sunday, clashing with police who fired tear gas to keep them back. Protesters tried to break through police ranks surrounding the building, with some throwing stones and hitting officers with the signs they wer.... Foto: GENYA SAVILOV
A young protester with the EU flag painted on his face attends rally of the opposition in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on December 4, 2013. Ukraine's prime minister Wednesday warned the opposition to end mass protests over a rejected deal with the EU, saying the reasons for demonstrating were now exhausted and protestors could be held criminally responsible. AFP PHOTO/ YURIY DYACHYSHYN
A young protester with the EU flag painted on his face attends rally of the opposition in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on December 4, 2013. Ukraine's prime minister Wednesday warned the opposition to end mass protests over a rejected deal with the EU, saying the reasons for demonstrating were now exhausted and protestors could be held criminally responsible. AFP PHOTO/ YURIY DYACHYSHYN Foto: AFP ImageForum
TOPSHOTS An anti-government protester stands at a road block in Kiev on January 31, 2014. President Viktor Yanukovych on January 30 accused the opposition of inflaming tensions in Ukraine's crisis but also admitted for the first time that the authorities had made mistakes. The opposition has refused to end street protests despite the passing of the amnesty for protesters arrested in the two-month crisis. The Ukrainian army has previously said it would not interfere in the protests, which e....
TOPSHOTS An anti-government protester stands at a road block in Kiev on January 31, 2014. President Viktor Yanukovych on January 30 accused the opposition of inflaming tensions in Ukraine's crisis but also admitted for the first time that the authorities had made mistakes. The opposition has refused to end street protests despite the passing of the amnesty for protesters arrested in the two-month crisis. The Ukrainian army has previously said it would not interfere in the protests, which e....
TOPSHOTS A general view of Independence square is seen during the face off against heavily-armed police February 20, 2014 in Kiev. Armed protesters stormed police barricades in Kiev on Thursday in renewed violence that killed at least 26 people and shattered an hours-old truce as EU envoys held crisis talks with Ukraine's embattled president. Bodies of anti-government demonstrators lay amid smouldering debris after masked protesters hurling Molotov cocktails and stones forced polic....
TOPSHOTS A general view of Independence square is seen during the face off against heavily-armed police February 20, 2014 in Kiev. Armed protesters stormed police barricades in Kiev on Thursday in renewed violence that killed at least 26 people and shattered an hours-old truce as EU envoys held crisis talks with Ukraine's embattled president. Bodies of anti-government demonstrators lay amid smouldering debris after masked protesters hurling Molotov cocktails and stones forced polic....
TOPSHOTS Young girls chant the Ukrainian national anthem at Independence square in central Kiev on February 26, 2014. Ukraine's pro-Western interim leaders were set to unveil their new cabinet today after disbanding the feared riot police as they sought to build confidence in the splintered and economically ravaged ex-Soviet nation. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
TOPSHOTS Young girls chant the Ukrainian national anthem at Independence square in central Kiev on February 26, 2014. Ukraine's pro-Western interim leaders were set to unveil their new cabinet today after disbanding the feared riot police as they sought to build confidence in the splintered and economically ravaged ex-Soviet nation. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
Demonstrators with placards protest against Russian agression in the Ukraine in front of the White House on March 6, 2014 in Washington, DC. Turkey, a NATO ally, has repeatedly voiced fears about the fate of the Turkish-speaking Tatar minority in Crimea, which was part of the Ottoman Empire until it was conquered by Russia in the late 18th century. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER
Demonstrators with placards protest against Russian agression in the Ukraine in front of the White House on March 6, 2014 in Washington, DC. Turkey, a NATO ally, has repeatedly voiced fears about the fate of the Turkish-speaking Tatar minority in Crimea, which was part of the Ottoman Empire until it was conquered by Russia in the late 18th century. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER Foto: AFP ImageForum
Pro-Russian militiamen beat an unidentified man as Russian soldiers stormed a Ukrainian military air base in the small city of Belbek near the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 22, 2014. Armed forces backed by armoured vehicles broke inside a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea on Saturday, firing automatic weapons into the air. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/VIKTOR DRACHEV
Pro-Russian militiamen beat an unidentified man as Russian soldiers stormed a Ukrainian military air base in the small city of Belbek near the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 22, 2014. Armed forces backed by armoured vehicles broke inside a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea on Saturday, firing automatic weapons into the air. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/VIKTOR DRACHEV
TOPSHOTS Ukrainian government soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle as they take up a position in a sunflower field around 20 Km south of Donetsk on July 10, 2014. Ukrainian forces have massed tanks and armoured vehicles around 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the rebel-held city of Donetsk. A column of vehicles stretching a kilometre and a half (one mile) arrived on Wednesday without facing any resistance, Ukrainian soldiers said, as part of a campaign to surround Donetsk and the neighbouring c....
TOPSHOTS Ukrainian government soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle as they take up a position in a sunflower field around 20 Km south of Donetsk on July 10, 2014. Ukrainian forces have massed tanks and armoured vehicles around 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the rebel-held city of Donetsk. A column of vehicles stretching a kilometre and a half (one mile) arrived on Wednesday without facing any resistance, Ukrainian soldiers said, as part of a campaign to surround Donetsk and the neighbouring c....
Se Ritzau: FN: 824.000 mennesker fordrevet under Ukraine-konflikt. TOPSHOTS A refugee from eastern Ukraine walks in a refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Some 285, 000 people have already fled their homes due to the conflict in east Ukraine, it is estimated, with many leaving for other parts of the country, but close to 168, 000 seeking sanctuary in Russia. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV
Se Ritzau: FN: 824.000 mennesker fordrevet under Ukraine-konflikt. TOPSHOTS A refugee from eastern Ukraine walks in a refugee camp near the Russian city of Donets'k, Rostov region, about 15 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. Some 285, 000 people have already fled their homes due to the conflict in east Ukraine, it is estimated, with many leaving for other parts of the country, but close to 168, 000 seeking sanctuary in Russia. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV