I-Euromaidan ( /ˌjʊərəˌmaɪˈdɑːn, ˌjʊəroʊ-/ ; [75] [76]  Isi-Ukraine : Євромайдан,  romanized : I-Yevromaidan, ngokwezwi nezwi ethi 'Euro Square' [nb 6] ) yayiyigagasi le  imibukiso  futhi  iziyaluyalu zomphakathi  phakathi  I-Ukraine , eyaqala ngobusuku buka-21 Novemba 2013 ngemibhikisho yomphakathi  UMaidan Nezalezhnosti  (I-Independence Square) phakathi  Kyiv . Imibhikisho ibangelwe yisinqumo sikahulumeni wase-Ukraine sokumisa ukusayinwa kwe-  isivumelwano senhlangano  nge  I-European Union , esikhundleni salokho ikhethe ubuhlobo obuseduze nayo  Russia  kanye ne  I- Eurasian Economic Union . Ububanzi bemibhikisho basheshe bakhula, kwaphakanyiswa ukuthi asule esikhundleni  Umongameli  UViktor Yanukovych  kanye neyakhe  uhulumeni . [80]  Imibhikisho igqugquzelwe wumbono “wokusabalala  inkohlakalo kuhulumeni ", "ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla", kanye "nokwephulwa kwe  amalungelo abantu e-Ukraine ". [81]  I-Transparency International  ubize uMongameli uYanukovych njengesibonelo esiphezulu senkohlakalo emhlabeni. [82]  Isimo sishube ngemuva kwe-  ukuhlakazwa okunodlame kwababhikishi ngomhla zingama-30 kuLwezi , okuholele ekubeni abaningi ababhikishi bajoyine. [5]  Imibhikisho iholele ekutheni  2014 inguquko yase-Ukraine .

Ngesikhathi se-Euromaidan, kwakukhona imibhikisho nokungqubuzana namaphoyisa kulo lonke elase-Ukraine, ikakhulukazi e-Maidan (central square) e-Kyiv, eyayigcwele futhi ivinjwe ababhikishi, kanye nezakhiwo ezithile zokuphatha, [83]  kuhlanganise  I-Kyiv City State Administration . Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuZibandlela isixuku sagingqika a  Isithombe sika-Lenin  eduze. Imibhikisho nokungqubuzana kwanda ngoJanuwari, ngemuva kokuba iphalamende lase-Ukraine liphasise a  iqembu lemithetho emelene nokubhikisha . Ababhikishi  ezakhiweni zikahulumeni  ezifundeni eziningi Ukraine. Le mibhikisho ifinyelele umvuthwandaba maphakathi noFebhuwari. Amaphoyisa ophiko lwezidubedube adlulele ngaseMaidan atholana phezulu nababhikishi kodwa awazange ahlale ngokugcwele. Amaphoyisa nezishoshovu zidubule bukhoma nezinhlamvu zenjoloba ezindaweni eziningi e-Kyiv. Kade kukhona  ukulwa okuqinile e-Kyiv ngo-18-20 February , (bona  Uhlu lwabantu ababulawa ngesikhathi se-Euromaidan ). Ngenxa yalezi zenzakalo, i  Isivumelwano sokuxazulula inkinga yezepolitiki e-Ukraine  yasayinwa mhla zingama-21 kuNhlolanja wezi-2014 ngu  uMongameli  kwe  I-Ukraine  UViktor Yanukovych  kanye nabaholi bamaqembu aphikisayo ephalamende ( Vitaly Klitschko ,  Arseny Yatsenyuk ,  Oleh Tyahnybok ) ngaphansi kokulamula kwe  iyuniyani yase-Europe  kanye ne  I-Russian Federation . Ukusayinwa kwafakazelwa ngoNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle baseJalimane nasePoland,  UFrank-Walter Steinmeier ,  Radosław Sikorski , ngokulandelana, kanye noMqondisi woMnyango Wezwekazi LaseYurophu woMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseFrance, u-Eric Fournier. [84]  UVladimir Lukin , omele  Russia , yenqabile ukusayina isivumelwano.

Ngemva nje kokusayinwa kwesivumelwano, uYanukovych nezinye izikhulu zikahulumeni eziphakeme babaleka ezweni. [85]  Ababhikishi bathole ukulawula ukuphathwa kukamongameli kanye nezindawo ezizimele zikaYanukovych. Ngemva kwalokho, iphalamende lamkhipha uYanukovych esikhundleni, lafaka uhulumeni esikhundleni  Oleksandr Turchynov , futhi wayala lowo owayenguNdunankulu  Yulia Tymoshenko  akhishwe ejele. [86]  Imicimbi e-Kyiv yalandelwa ngokushesha yi-  Inkinga yaseCrimea  futhi  isiyaluyalu pro-Russian  eMpumalanga Ukraine. Naphezu kokuxoshwa kukaYanukovych, [87]  ukumiswa kukahulumeni omusha, kanye nokwamukelwa kwe  Izinhlinzeko zezepolitiki ze -Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement , imibhikisho iqhubekisele phambili ingcindezi kuhulumeni ukuthi enqabe ithonya laseRussia e-Ukraine.