house arrest

Conditions in Kiev.

The conditions in kiev have gotten worse over the past day. Now over 30 people have died and they have started to burn buildings in the center. In Lviv it is even worse. All the government over there has been dissolved and now the opposition is running the government.  On the eastern side the opposition does not have a powerful hold on the government but I believe it’s only time until it becomes as bad as it is here.

All these facts seem to be out of a movie or something that you would hear about from a faraway land. However I am in the middle of it and it is real. We have been placed in what I would like to call “house arrest” for today and I think it might last longer then just today. We are not supposed to leave our houses for anything, we can’t even go to the supermarket for food. 

then there is social unrest, it brings out the best and worst in people. The cops won't respond or help because there are bigger issues to worry about, petty criminals know this and are starting to use the chaos to their advantage.

I wanted to know what happen for it to get this bad. My host family broke it down really well and it shined some light in my eyes. I hope it does the same for you guys back in America.

It all started last year in November. Ukraine was about the sign an agreement that made them part of the European union but we all know that on the day of the signing, Ukraine backed out. Because of this back out about 100 university students went to the town center to protest and they got beaten badly for it. When that came on to the news that night the public people were angry. The next day even more people came to protest, not just university students but people of all ages. The reason for the protest, to punish the people that gave the commands to beat the kids. They wanted justice for what the government did. 

However the president didn’t listen to his people, in fact, he took a holiday to Russia for two weeks during this time. When he came back there where more people protesting, not only for a punishment but now they wanted the president to step down from his possession, and also to join the European union. Instead of listening once again he left witch caused more people to come and protest, their demands remained the same plus one more, for the government to be dissolved completely and everyone to be reelected.

Now we are here. People are protesting to change so many things in the government. they demand change and change is coming. we see it now, it's changing so fast it's almost hard to keep up with it all.

This all started with 100 brave kids, no older than me and my friends  that are here. Who ever said kids can’t change their future is wrong because it’s happening now.