November 21st – President Viktor Yanukovich's government abruptly rejects a historic trade and political pact with the European Union, saying it would wreck ties with Russia.
November 24th – About 100,000 people protest against the decision on Kiev's Independence Square – known locally as Maidan — and in smaller numbers in other cities.
November 30th – Riot police beat dozens of demonstrators, mostly students, on Maidan.
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December 1st – The violence prompts a surge in public anger and protest numbers. Activists occupy Kiev city hall and a trade union building and establish a tent camp on Maidan.
December 11th – Thousands of riot police storm Independence Square but fail to clear it. They retreat hours later, leaving protesters emboldened.
December 17th – After a series of meetings between Yanukovich and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Moscow agrees to lend Ukraine $15 billion (€10.9 billion) and slash the price it pays for gas.
January 16th – Yanukovich's allies in parliament pass sweeping laws to outlaw most forms of street protest.
January 19th – Radical activists fight riot police and build barricades on Grushevsky Street, which runs from near Maidan to parliament and government headquarters.
January 22nd – Two protesters are shot dead and another dies after falling from a colonnade on Grushevsky Street. Demonstrators blame the police, who deny responsibility. Over the following days, several activists are abducted and beaten, and one is killed.
January 24th – Protesters occupy the agricultural policy ministry close to Maidan and announce the seizure of local government buildings in several cities in western and central Ukraine.
January 28th – The government resigns and the protest law is quashed. Opposition leaders subsequently refuse to form a new cabinet under Yanukovich.
February 16th – Amnesty granted to detained protesters after activists leave some occupied buildings and streets.
February 18th – Riots erupt as police block protesters from marching on parliament to demand constitutional reform. More than 25 people are killed and hundreds injured.
February 19th — The camp on Maidan — surrounded by riot police – is still defiant. Protesters retake government buildings in parts of western Ukraine and reject Yanukovich's authority.
