Before And After Images In Ukraine

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/e12QzYotmvk" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kiev's Maidan In Surreal 'Before & After' Images -- RT</b></span></div><br />The blackened ruins and gaping windows of Ukraine’s landmark Independence Square have left Kiev looking like a warzone for the first time since WWII. The square has always served as a main stage for Ukrainian politics – but not a literal battleground.<br /><br />Featured on every postcard, the grandiose post-war complex of monuments has been the true – if slightly touristy – heart of Kiev.<br /><br />But now, the square is divided by ad hoc barricades built from paving stones, wooden debris, and tires. The iconic Trade Union building, which has served as the protesters' headquarters, was set on fire earlier this week and is now just a shell, after its floors and walls collapsed one by one. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://rt.com/news/kiev-maidan-before-after-946/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26280752">Ukraine crisis: Before and after images</a> -- BBC<br /><br /><b>My Comment: </b>I can see a massive clean-up job in the weeks and months ahead.

Before And After Images In Ukraine

Kiev's Maidan In Surreal 'Before & After' Images -- RT The blackened ruins and gaping windows of Ukraine’s landmark Independ...

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