A new set for an apocalypse movie?
No.
The riots in Kiev. This is happening right now.
Those breathtaking pictures were taken by the young and usually happy tumblarian girl RedMisa during her volunteer work at Kiev.
"I never thought that I would cry for my native country. I’m not particularly patriotic, I do not like politics, large gatherings of people, meetings and inspirational slogans. but I still go to the central street of Kyiv almost every day, doing volunteer work, doing all I can to help. two months of no change for the better, things were getting worse and worse. but when the killings began, catching the protesters in the streets and beating them up…that was the last straw for me. I do not know what to expect next."
- RedMisa, http://redmisa.tumblr.com/
The Ukraine probably won’t have access to the internet soon. Read more about it here.
Ugh, why do people say “the Ukraine?”
But seriously though, SIGNAL BOOST. Wounded activists are being fucking abducted from hospitals and executed in the woods. The government has been “hiring” people with drugs and money to “destroy Kyiv” and make the opposition look bad (this also happened in Turkey and Iran with their protests). Shit is royally fucked, Yanukovich is a scumbag and will not make the necessary concessions to appease the pro-Euro majority. If East Ukraine (predominately Russian and industrial) is even getting fed up with this, you can bet things aren’t going to get better. I hope the violence subsides soon as I have friends going to Kyiv for a conference in February.