Editing Dnipro (section)

==== Euromaidan ====
[[File:Площа, пам. Леніну 22 лютого.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Lenin]] Square in Dnipropetrovsk on 22 February 2014 with the [[Demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine|demolished monuments to Vladimir Lenin]].]]
On 26 January 2014, 3,000 anti-[[Viktor Yanukovych]] (Ukrainian President) and pro-[[Euromaidan]] activists attempted but failed to capture the [[Local government in Ukraine|Regional State Administration]] building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dp.vgorode.ua/news/208247-v-dnepropetrovske-bolshe-trekh-tysiach-chelovek-sobralys-vozle-oha |title=В Днепропетровске больше трех тысяч человек собрались возле ОГА – Днепропетровск |publisher=Dp.vgorode.ua |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="BBCoRSA26114">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25905031 Ukraine protests 'spread' into Russia-influenced east], [[BBC News]] (26 January 2014)</ref><ref name=kp426>{{cite news |title=EuroMaidan rallies in Ukraine (Jan. 24–27 live updates) |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv/euromaidan-rallies-in-ukraine-jan-24-live-updates-335518.html |newspaper=Kyiv Post |date=26 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=delo1>{{cite news |title=Восток и Юг Украины вышел пикетировать ОГА: в Запорожье стреляют в митингующих, а в Сумах просят подмоги (обновлено 2.34) |url=http://delo.ua/ukraine/vostok-i-jug-ukrainy-vyshel-piketirovat-oga-obnovljaetsja-225489/ |newspaper=Delo UA |date=27 January 2014 |access-date=23 August 2014 |archive-date=19 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019045421/https://delo.ua/ukraine/vostok-i-jug-ukrainy-vyshel-piketirovat-oga-obnovljaetsja-225489/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://delo.ua/ukraine/protiv-mitingujuschih-v-centre-dnepropetrovska-nachali-primenjat-225486/?supdated_new=1390812619 |title=Майдан в Днепропетровске: стычки с титушками и ультиматум губернатору |publisher=Delo.ua |access-date=24 February 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202192519/http://delo.ua/ukraine/protiv-mitingujuschih-v-centre-dnepropetrovska-nachali-primenjat-225486/?supdated_new=1390812619 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There were street disturbances<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dp.vgorode.ua/news/208264-besporiadky-v-dnepropetrovske-raneny-chetyre-cheloveka-sem-zaderzhany |title=Беспорядки в Днепропетровске, ранены четыре человека, семь задержаны – Днепропетровск |publisher=Dp.vgorode.ua |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> and Euromaidan protesters were reported to be beaten up by paid pro-Yanukovych supporters (the so-called ''[[Titushky]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dp.vgorode.ua/news/208309-vydeo-kak-tytushky-yzbyvauit-luidei-vozle-dnepr-areny |title=Видео как "Титушки" избивают людей возле "Днепр-Арены" – Днепропетровск |publisher=Dp.vgorode.ua |date=27 January 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.liga.net/video/politics/968200-dnepropetovsk_titushki_ryadom_s_militsiey_pered_atakoy_na_maydan.htm |title=Днепропетровск: титушки и милиция против местного Майдана |publisher=News.liga.net |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> Dnipropetrovsk Governor Kolesnikov called them "extreme radical thugs from other regions".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnepr.comments.ua/news/2014/01/26/223635.html |title=Колесников не увидел "титушек" возле здания Днепропетровской ОГА – Днепропетровск.comments.ua |publisher=Dnepr.comments.ua |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131185404/http://dnepr.comments.ua/news/2014/01/26/223635.html |archive-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Two days later about 2,000 public sector employees called an indefinite rally in support of the Yanukovych government.<ref name=mir27>{{cite web |url=http://news.bigmir.net/ukraine/788004-V-Ukraine-zahvatyvajut-oblastnye-gosadministracii--OBNOVLJaETSJa- |title=Регионы онлайн: "Крымское Межигорье" показали людям – Новости Украины сегодня, последние новостиУкраины – bigmir)net – Новости дня – bigmir)net |date=23 February 2014 |publisher=News.bigmir.net |access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> Meanwhile, the government building was reinforced with barbed wire.<ref name=mir27 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dp.vgorode.ua/news/208513-dnepropetrovskuui-oha-obnesly-koluichei-provolokoi-y-smazaly-solydolom |title=Днепропетровскую ОГА обнесли колючей проволокой и смазали солидолом – Днепропетровск |publisher=Dp.vgorode.ua |date=28 January 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/articles/2014/02/21/regions/ |title=Бывший СССР: Украина: Государство временно недоступно |publisher=Lenta.ru |access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> On 19 February 2014 there was an anti-Yanukovych picket near the Regional State Administration.<ref name=OdesaEN20214>{{cite news |url=http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/20/ukraine-s-regions-begin-to-rise-against-yanukovych/ |title=Disturbances escalate in western Ukraine |date=20 February 2014 |work=euronews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612163443/http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/20/ukraine-s-regions-begin-to-rise-against-yanukovych/ |archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> On 22 February 2014, after a further anti-Yanukovych demonstration, Dnipropetrovsk Mayor [[Ivan Kulichenko]], for the sake of "peace in the city" left Yanukovych's [[Party of Regions]].<ref name="for peace in the city">{{in lang|uk}} [http://espreso.tv/new/2014/02/22/zhyteli_dnipropetrovska_prymusyly_mera_vyyty_iz_partiyi_rehioniv Residents Dnipropetrovsk forced mayor to withdraw from the Party of Regions] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20140907172122/http://espreso.tv/new/2014/02/22/zhyteli_dnipropetrovska_prymusyly_mera_vyyty_iz_partiyi_rehioniv|date=7 September 2014 }}, [[Espreso TV]] (22 February 2014)<br />{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.newsru.ua/arch/ukraine/22feb2014/pokinul.html Dnipropetrovsk mayor left the PR 'for peace in the city'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205020755/http://www.newsru.ua/arch/ukraine/22feb2014/pokinul.html|date=5 December 2014 }}, [[NEWSru.ua]] (22 February 2014)<br />{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/02/22/7015886/ In Dnepropetrovsk Lenin Square was renamed Heroes Square, the Mayor released from PR], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (22 February 2014)</ref>

Simultaneously the [[Dnipropetrovsk City Council]] vowed to support "the preservation of Ukraine as a single and indivisible state", although some members had called for [[separatism]] and for [[federalization]] of Ukraine.<ref name="for peace in the city"/> On the same day, after [[Revolution of Dignity|street fighting in]] [[Kyiv]], 22 February 2014, Yanukovych left Ukraine and went into Russian exile.<ref name="Ukraine crisis timeline BBC">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275 Ukraine crisis timeline], [[BBC News]]</ref>