Ukraine What happened in Kievs Maidan square

12 feb 2015 BBC News On 20 February 2014, more than 50 antigovernment protesters were shot dead in Kiev s Maidan square. The massacre triggered the collapse of Ukraine s proRussian government, prompting Moscow to annex Crimea and sparking a separatist war in the east. At the time, riot police were blamed for the deaths, but they were not the only ones shooting that day. The BBC s Gabriel Gatehouse, who witnessed the shootings, returned to investigate.