Ten years have passed since the beginning of the uprising in Ukraine, also known as Maidan or the Revolution of Dignity. The protests were triggered by the Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovych’s refusal to sign an association agreement with the European Union, leading to a three-month resistance movement. VOA spoke with three activists who were involved in Maidan and whose lives, as well as their country, were forever transformed in November 2013.

Source: voanews.com