2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Round and draw dates
Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
In the qualifying phase and play-off round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
In the draws for each round, teams were seeded based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season, with the teams divided into seeded and unseeded pots. A seeded team was drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds took place before the results of the previous round were known.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
For these draws (or in any cases where the result of a tie in the previous round was not known at the time of the draw), the seeding was carried out under the assumption that the team with the higher coefficient of an undecided tie advanced to this round, which means if the team with the lower coefficient was to advance, it simply took the seeding of its defeated opponent.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Format
Prior to the draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they were purely for convenience of the draw and for ensuring that teams from the same association were not drawn against each other, and did not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
A total of 169 teams were involved in the qualifying phase and play-off round (including 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round which entered the play-off round). The 31 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 7 automatic qualifiers and 10 losers of the Champions League play-off round.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Teams
Below were the participating teams (with their 2013 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their starting rounds.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 76 teams played in the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Glentoran Žalgiris Vilnius Narva Trans Víkingur Gøta Airbus UK Broughton


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Seeding
Celje FC Santa Coloma Mariehamn Drogheda United ÍF Prestatyn Town


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, First qualifying round, Matches
The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 July, and the second legs were played on 9, 10 and 11 July 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 80 teams played in the second qualifying round: 42 teams which entered in this round, and the 38 winners of the first qualifying round. The draw was held on 24 June 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Rubin Kazan Slovan Liberec Śląsk Wrocław Malmö FF Pandurii Târgu Jiu


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Second qualifying round, Matches
The first legs were played on 16 and 18 July, and the second legs were played on 25 July 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
A total of 58 teams played in the third qualifying round: 18 teams which entered in this round, and the 40 winners of the second qualifying round. The draw was held on 19 July 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Udinese Club Brugge Trabzonspor Maccabi Haifa Astra Giurgiu Chornomorets Odesa


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Red Star Belgrade Śląsk Wrocław Ventspils Dinamo Minsk Trenčín Široki Brijeg


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Slovan Liberec Randers Aktobe Malmö FF Petrolul Ploiești Žalgiris Vilnius


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Sevilla Hapoel Tel Aviv Dila Gori Differdange 03 Metalurh Donetsk Kuban Krasnodar


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Seeding
Hajduk Split Motherwell Tromsø Kukësi Pandurii Târgu Jiu Mladost Podgorica


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Third qualifying round, Matches
The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 8 August 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
A total of 62 teams played in the play-off round: 18 teams which entered in this round, the 29 winners of the third qualifying round, and the 15 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round. The draw was held on 9 August 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Kuban Krasnodar Zulte Waregem Tromsø Pandurii Târgu Jiu Dila Gori


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Seeding
Slovan Liberec Thun Dinamo Tbilisi Pasching Astra Giurgiu Nõmme Kalju


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches
The first legs were played on 22 August, and the second legs were played on 29 August 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Play-off round, Matches, Second leg
3–3 on aggregate. AZ won on away goals. The match was abandoned after 59 minutes due to a fire at the stadium, and was resumed on 30 August 2013, 11:00, from the point of abandonment.


2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round, Statistics
There were 720 goals in 274 matches in the qualifying phase and play-off round, for an average of 2.63 goals per match.


2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup
The 2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 28th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 13th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format.


2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round and the main roud took place on 3 July 2013 in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. First, the 29 lowest ranked teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 and 3 of 3 and later the tournament hosts were selected, which are indicated in italics. The preliminary round ran from 27 to 31 August, with only the group winners advancing to the next round.


2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup, Main round
Following the preliminary round draw, the seventeen teams allocated in the main round pot and the seven group winners were distributed into six groups of four. Matches are set to take place between 1 and 5 October, hosted by a selected club in each group, which is highlighted with italics. The top two teams in each group will join the four highest-ranked clubs, that are already in the elite round after received bye for the early stage of the tournament.


2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final four
The following teams have qualified for the final four round:


2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final four
Draw for the semi-finals was held on 12 March in Hilton Hotel in Baku.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League
German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Tyresö FF after turning a 0–2 into a 4–3 win. Wolfsburg became the third side to defend the Champions League title.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Team allocation and distribution
Austria had overtaken Norway for 8th place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Team allocation and distribution
Countries were allocated places according to their UEFA league coefficient for women. Here CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, Ned 1 and Bel 1 the best placed Belgian and Dutch team in their joint league.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Team allocation and distribution
54 teams entered the competition, with KÍ Klaksvík retaining their record being the only team to play all editions of the UEFA Women's Cup and Women's Champions League so far.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Seeding and draw
32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot. Host countries won't be drawn together.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Seeding and draw
Groups were played as mini tournaments over a span of six days.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Ranking of group runners-up
The two best runners-up also qualify for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group does not count for the purposes of the runners-up table. The tie-breakers in this ranking are:


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase
22 teams enter the competition in the round of 32. They are joined by ten teams from the qualifying round. Teams marked (Q) advanced from qualifying.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 32
The round of 32 and round of 16 was drawn on 5 September 2013. Teams from the same association or qualifying group couldn't be drawn together. Seeded teams played the second leg at home. Teams are awarded 20,000 Euro for both legs. A sum criticized to be too small by team managers, leaving teams like Arsenal who have to fly by plane with financial losses.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
An open draw for the quarterfinals and the following rounds on was held 21 November 2013. Matches were played on 22/23 and 29/30 March 2014.


2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Statistics
The top scorer award includes the qualifying round. Milena Nikolić of Spartak Subotica won that with eleven goals.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League
The 2013–14 UEFA Youth League was the first season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. It was contested by the under-19 youth teams of the 32 clubs qualified for the group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League
The final was played on 14 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between Benfica and Barcelona. Barcelona won 3–0 and became the first team to lift the Lennart Johansson Trophy, named after UEFA's honorary president.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League
Players had to be born on or after 1 January 1995.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Group stage
The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the group compositions determined by the draw for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held in Monaco on 29 August 2013. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 17–18 September, 1–2 October, 22–23 October, 5–6 November, 26–27 November, and 10–11 December 2013, with the matches played on the same matchday as the corresponding Champions League matches (though not necessarily on the same day, and some matches were played on Mondays and Thursdays). The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Group stage
Times up to 26 October 2013 (matchdays 1–3) were CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times were CET (UTC+1).


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Group stage, Group H
The match was cancelled due to the refusal of Ajax players to take the field, as they considered the condition of the pitch not sufficient to ensure the safety of the players. The match was irrelevant for the qualification to the knockout phase.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over one match. If scores were level after full-time, the match was decided by penalty shoot-out (no extra time). The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
Times up to 29 March 2014 (round of 16 and quarter-finals) were CET (UTC+1), thereafter (semi-finals and final) times were CEST (UTC+2).


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Bracket
The draw for the knockout phase was held on 16 December 2013.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The round of 16 matches were played on 18, 25 and 26 February 2014.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The quarter-final matches were played on 11, 16 and 18 March 2014.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 11 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.


2013–14 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 14 April 2014 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.


2013–14 UIC Flames men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Howard Moore, serving his fourth year. The Flames played their home games at the UIC Pavilion and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 6–25, 1–15 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to Valparaiso.


2013–14 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team  represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by second-year head coach Aki Thomas, played their home games at the Retriever Activities Center and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 5–11 in American East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American East Tournament to Albany.


2013–14 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri–Kansas City during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Kangaroos were led by new head coach Kareem Richardson. They played most of their home games at the Municipal Auditorium, with a few games also being held at the Independence Events Center. This was their first year as a member Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10–20, 7–9 in WAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to Idaho.


2013–14 UMKC Kangaroos women's basketball team
The 2013–14 UMKC Kangaroos women's basketball team represented the University of Missouri–Kansas City during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Kangaroos were led by coach Marsha Frese. They played their home games at the Swinney Recreation Center. UMKC entered the season as new members of the Western Athletic Conference and finished in sixth place in the conference.


2013–14 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the River Hawks first year in Division I. They were coached by first year head coach Pat Duquette and played most of their home games at Costello Athletic Center. Three games were played at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell for the 2013-2014 season. They are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 10–18, 8–8 in American East play to finish in fifth place. As part of their transition to Division I, they are  ineligible for post season play until the 2017–18 season.


2013–14 UMass Minutemen basketball team
The 2013–14 Massachusetts Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by sixth year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2013–14 UMass Minutemen basketball team
Early in the season UMass won the Charleston Classic tournament. Following this tournament victory and beginning the season 6–0, the Minutemen would be ranked #24 in the AP Poll. This marked the first time since 1998 that UMass would be ranked in the AP Top 25. They finished the regular season 23–7, 10–6 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. The Minutemen were eliminated in the A-10 Tournament quarterfinals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the school's first NCAA bid in 16 years. They lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Tennessee to finish the season 24–9.


2013–14 UMass Minutemen basketball team
Shortly after the end of the season, sophomore starting guard Derrick Gordon came out as gay, making him the first Division I men's basketball player to do so while still playing in college.


2013–14 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Asheville during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Nick McDevitt, played their home games at Kimmel Arena and were members of the South Division of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 10–6 in Big South play to finish in a three way tie for second place in the South Division. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big South Conference Tournament where they lost to Winthrop.


2013–14 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by third year head coach Wes Miller, played their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum and were members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 7–9 in SoCon play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to The Citadel.


2013–14 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by fourth year head coach Buzz Peterson, played their home games at the Trask Coliseum and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–23, 3–13 in CAA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the CAA Tournament to Hofstra.


2013–14 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team
On March 11, UNCW fired head coach Buzz Peterson after a four year record of 42–80.


2013–14 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team
The 2013–14 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team will represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team will be coached by Kathy Olivier, in her sixth year with the Lady Rebels. They play their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada. They are a member of the Mountain West Conference.


2013–14 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
The 2013–14 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Dave Rice, in his third year with the Runnin' Rebels. They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament to San Diego State. They did not play in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2009.


2013–14 USC Trojans men's basketball team
The 2013–14 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by former FGCU and first year head coach Andy Enfield. They played their home games at the Galen Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference.


2013–14 USC Trojans women's basketball team
The 2013–14 USC Trojans women's basketball team will represent University of Southern California during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by first year head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, play their home games at the Galen Center and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 22–13 overall, 11–7 in Pac-12 play for a tie for 4th place. They won the 2014 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history. They earn an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament which they lost in the first round to St. John's.


2013–14 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team
The 2013–14 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 12th year head coach Eddie Payne, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 11–7 in A-Sun play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Tournament where they lost to Mercer. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Towson.


2013–14 USHL season
The 2013–14 USHL season is the 35th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 20, 2013, to April 5, 2014. The regular season champion Waterloo Black Hawks were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champion Indiana Ice captured the Clark Cup.


2013–14 USHL season, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PIM = Penalties in Minutesx = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title


2013–14 USHL season, Clark Cup Playoffs
Goaltender Jason Pawloski of the Indiana Ice was named Clark Cup Playoffs MVP.


2013–14 USM Alger season
In the 2013–14 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 36th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.


2013–14 USM Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2016.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013–14 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2013–14 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2013–14 USM El Harrach season
In the 2013–14 season, USM El Harrach is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 30th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.


2013–14 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team
The 2013–14 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by fifth year head coach Jason James, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 3–13 in OVC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Tournament.


2013–14 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team
Head coach Jason James was fired at the end of the season. He had a record of 37–117 in five seasons.


2013–14 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Skyhawks finished the 2012–13 season 9–21, 5–11 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the OVC Tournament to Morehead State.


2013–14 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by fourth year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 23–11, 12–4 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament where they lost to Southern Miss. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Fresno State. UTEP averaged 8,088 fans per game, ranking 58th nationally.


2013–14 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
The 2013–14 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by 13th year head coach Keitha Adams, play their home games at the Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season with a record of 29–8 overall, 12–4 in C-USA play for a third-place finish. They lost in the semifinals in the 2014 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament to Southern Miss. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament which they defeated Arkansas State in the first round, St. Mary's in the second round, Colorado in the third round, Washington in the quarterfinals and South Dakota State in the semifinals before losing to Rutgers in the championship game.


2013–14 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
The 2013–14 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by eighth year head coach Brooks Thompson, played their home games at the Convocation Center and were first year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 8–22, 4–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to East Carolina.


2013–14 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team
The 2013–14 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by first year head coach Lubomyr Lichonczak, play their home games at the Convocation Center and are first year members of Conference USA.


2013–14 Udinese Calcio season
The 2013–14 season was Udinese Calcio's  34th season in Serie A and their 19th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 13th, and reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. Having finished fifth in the 2012–13 Serie A, Udinese qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. The team, however, failed to qualify for the group stage of the tournament, becoming the only Italian team to fail to qualify for a European group stage during the 2013–14 season.


2013–14 Udinese Calcio season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013–14 Uganda Big League
The 2013–14 Ugandan Big League is the 5th season of the official second tier Ugandan football championship.


2013–14 Uganda Big League, Overview
The 2013–14 Uganda Big League is being contested by 21 teams divided into two groups, the Elgon Group and the Rwenzori Group. The following clubs have been renamed since the 2012/13 season:


2013–14 Uganda Big League, Overview
Former Uganda Super League clubs Maroons FC, Victors FC and Water FC were excluded from the FUFA Big League after they failed to apply for registration.


2013–14 Uganda Big League, Overview
With effect from Tuesday 29 October 2013 FUFA de-registered Kigezi Good Samaritan FC (KGS FC) from the Big League. The Kabale-based club failed to honour their first game against Kirinya FC from Jinja. Although the match was at their home ground in Kabale, Kigezi Samaritan FC did not turn up for the match.


2013–14 Uganda Big League, Overview
In December 2013 Water FC (namely National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) FC) submitted a request to FUFA to take over the fixtures of Kigezi GS FC.


2013–14 Uganda Cup
2013–14   Uganda Cup is the 40th season of the main Ugandan football Cup.


2013–14 Uganda Cup, Overview
The competition was previously known as the Kakungulu Cup. The winner represents Uganda in the CAF Confederations Cup in 2015.


2013–14 Uganda Cup, Preliminary rounds
The preliminary rounds were held in December 2013 and January 2014 and were organised on a regional basis. Results are not available for many of the matches.


2013–14 Uganda Cup, Preliminary rounds, Buganda region qualifiers
The Buganda region was represented by seven teams namely Seeta Utd, Mpoma Tigers FC, Bombo Utd FC, Kampala University FC, and Synergy FC (all from the Buganda Regional League) who received byes into the 'Round of 64' while Kiggogwa FC (Mityana DFA 4th Division) and Bulo Red Stars FC (Mpigi DFA 4th Division) had to play the preliminary games.


2013–14 Uganda Cup, Preliminary rounds, Kampala region qualifiers
The 10 teams from the Kampala region that progressed into the 'Round of 64' were Ex-Internationals, Hope Soana, Kireka United, Stegota, Life Eternal, St Mary’s, Bweyogerere, FC Barca, Coup De Grande and finally Kamwokya United FC who reached the quarterfinals of the Uganda cup last season and were handed a bye. A team of interest is Ex-Internationals FC who are led by a host of former stars on the national team. They defeated Edgars Youth at Nakivubo on spot kicks before in the next match edging out Nateete Market 1-0 to qualify for the 'Round of 64'.


2013–14 Uganda Cup, Round of 64
The draw for the 32 matches in this round were made at FUFA house in Mengo on 31 January 2014.


2013–14 Uganda Super League
The 2013–14 Ugandan Super League is the 47th season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.


2013–14 Uganda Super League, Overview
The 2013–14 FUFA Super League was being contested by 16 teams, including Bright Stars FC, CRO FC and Soana FC who were promoted from the Ugandan Big League at the end of the 2013/13 season.


2013–14 Uganda Super League, Overview, Participants and locations
Some of the Kampala clubs may on occasions also play home matches at the Mandela National Stadium.


2013–14 Uganda Super League, Overview, Leading goalscorer
The top goalscorer in the 2013-14 season was Francis Olaki of Soana FC with 15 goals.


2013–14 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
The 2013–14 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague was the 23rd edition of the Ukrainian top-tier basketball championship. The season has started on 9 October 2013. Budivelnyk won its 8th Ukrainian title, by beating BC Khimik in the 3–1 Finals.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup
The 2013–14 Ukrainian Cup  is the 23rd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup
The decision on a schedule of competitions for clubs of the First and Second League and leagues composition was confirmed on June 20, 2013 at a session of Central Council of the Professional Football League of Ukraine


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup
Shakhtar Donetsk are the defending Ukrainian Cup champions for the last three years in a row. As a member of the Premier League enter the competition in the Round of 32.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation
Fifty one teams will enter into the Ukrainian Cup competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Round and draw dates
All draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kyiv unless stated otherwise.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Preliminary Round (1/64)
In this round entered 4 clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League and the finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup. The round matches were played on 24 July 2013.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Preliminary Round (1/64)
Nove Zhyttia Andriyivka played its home game at Kolos Stadium, Mashivka (Poltava Oblast)


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second Preliminary Round (1/32)
In this round 15 clubs from 2013–14 Ukrainian First League (except Dynamo-2 Kyiv) and the higher seeded clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League will enter. They will be drawn against the three winners of the First Preliminary Round. The round matches were played on 7 August 2013.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
In this round all 16 teams from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League entered the competition. They and the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of nine clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League and seven clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League are drawn in this round. The draw was performed 4 September. The game between Nyva and UkrAhroKom was postponed to the next day due to schedule conflict as two games are scheduled at Ternopil City Stadium (the other being between city teams of Ternopil and Poltava).


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
In this round  were drawn the 16 winners from the previous round consisting of 9 teams from the Premier League, four clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League and three clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League. The draw took place on September 27, 2013. The match between Nyva and Arsenal Kyiv has been brought forward one day due to schedule conflict as two games are scheduled at Ternopil City Stadium (the other being between city teams of Ternopil and Vorskla).


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
Match was not played. Arsenal Kyiv informed the Ukrainian Premier League that the club would not arrive for the scheduled cup game against Nyva Ternopil because of Arsenal's financial situation. Nyva advance to the next round of the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
Match was not played. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk did not arrive for the match as the plane with the team was not able to land due to fog forcing airport closures. Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine deny Dnipro's request to play the match at a later date and are expelled from the Cup competition. Chornomorets advance to the next round of the competition. (21 November 2013)


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals
In this round entered the eight winners from the previous round consisting of four teams from the Premier League, two clubs from the Persha Liha, and two clubs from the Druha Liha will be drawn in this round. The draw was made on 23 January 2014.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round consisting of three teams from the Premier League and one club from the Druha Liha will be drawn in this round. By qualifying for the semifinals Slavutych Cherkasy became the first team from the Druha Liha to ever reach this far in the Ukrainian Cup competition. The draw took place 2 April 2014.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Final
The final was originally to be played at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv but was moved to Butovsky Vorskla Stadium in Poltava.


2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Top goalscorers
Over 80 players scored once for their respective teams. Six more players scored against their respective teams.


2013–14 Ukrainian First League
The 2013–14 Ukrainian First League was the 23rd since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2013. Due to sponsorship reasons the league was called Favbet League 1. The competition had a winter break that started on 30 November 2013 and resumed on 28 March 2014. The completion concluded on 31 May 2014.


2013–14 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Relegated teams
No teams were relegated from the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League.


2013–14 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Relegated teams
Originally Hoverla Uzhhorod and Metalurh Zaporizhya were to be relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in 15th and 16th places. However, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih failed attestation and their license was withdrawn by the Ukrainian Premier League. Number of clubs refused promotion leaving two vacant positions in the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League which were awarded to the relegating clubs.


2013–14 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Team reduction
The competition was reduced by two teams to sixteen at the PFL Conference on 26 June 2013. Krymteplytsia Molodizhne withdrew from the PFL after the previous season and Shakhtar Sverdlovsk bid for promotion was refused.


2013–14 Ukrainian First League, Location map, Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian First League, League table, Positions by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Hockey Championship
The 2013–14 or XXII Ukrainian Hockey Championship was the 22nd annual edition of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. Following the 2012–13 PHL season, national championship returned under the authority of Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) after two seasons were held by Professional Hockey League (PHL). The season concluded in a playoff series in March 2014.


2013–14 Ukrainian Hockey Championship, Regular season
Points are awarded as follows:*3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")*2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or a penalty shootout ("SOW")*1 Point for a loss in overtime ("OTL") or a penalty shootout ("SOL")*0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 23rd since its establishment.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League
A total of sixteen teams participated in the league. Fifteen teams from last season's competition and one promoted club from the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League formed the league. The competition commenced on the 12 July 2013 when Tavriya Simferopol hosted Zorya Luhansk. Eighteen rounds were played prior to the winter recess. The competition was affected by the political turmoil that affected Ukraine during the spring session.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Russian invasion and its effects on the league
In November 2013, during the winter break of the Ukrainian Premier League, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest labelled Euromaidan started in Ukraine. The competition was to resume on 1 March 2014, but due to the Russian invasion continuing on with the Crimean crisis, the Premier League delayed the start of the spring stage. A decision was made by the Ukrainian Premier League to resume the competition on 15 March.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Russian invasion and its effects on the league
After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014 the teams from Crimea, namely Sevastopol and Tavriya Simferopol, continued to participate in the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Russian invasion and its effects on the league
During the May 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine the Football Federation of Ukraine (after being advised to do so by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry) decided that all matches across all Ukrainian leagues, as well as the 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, would be played behind closed doors for security reasons.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Russian invasion and its effects on the league
The unrest in Ukraine since November 2013 led to an unexpected sense of unity among rival Ukrainian football fans. Various formerly bitter rival football fans (also those from Russophone cities in Ukraine) held pro-Ukrainian Unity marches.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Promoted
Stal Alchevsk were to be promoted after finishing runners-up but their club administration refused promotion.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Promoted
Hoverla Uzhhorod, the 15th placed team was allowed to stay in the Premier League after they passed attestation.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Promoted
Metalurh Zaporizhya, the last-placed of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League was to be relegated to the Ukrainian First League at the end of the previous season but since no other team applied for entry from the Ukrainian First League they remained in the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Results
The following table displays match results between each team in the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Results, Positions by round
The following table represents the teams' position after each round in the competition. The competition resumes with the spring stage with Round 21 due to the postponement of the competition due to the civil unrest in the country after the riots in Kyiv and continuing on with the Crimean crisis. Originally scheduled Round 19 was played 15–17 April after Round 25 and Round 20 was played 23–24 April after Round 26.


2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19
The 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 season are competitions between the reserves of Ukrainian Premier League Clubs and the Under 19s. The events in the senior leagues during the 2012–13 season saw no teams relegated with Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Reserves expelled and Sevastopol Reserves entering the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian Second League
The 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League is the 23rd season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition was consolidated from two groups to one round robin competition. The list of teams was approved by Central Committee of the Professional Football League of Ukraine on 20 June 2013. Final decision was adapted by the PFL Conference on 26 June 2013. The competition began on 14 July 2013 and had a break winter from 30 November 2013. The competition resumed on 29 March 2014.


2013–14 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Admitted teams
The following teams were admitted by the PFL after playing in the 2013 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation.


2013–14 Ukrainian Second League, League table, Withdrawn teams, Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
On 14 November the Football Club Dynamo Khmelnytskyi informed the PFL informed that the club would not travel to their Round 22 match against Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, indicating that the club would be withdrawing from the professional ranks. Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine confirmed the withdrawal after the team had not fulfilled playing two games during the season. All of their matches after Round 21 are considered technical losses. The club played twenty matches in the League and had a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 15 losses (including a technical loss) with 18 goals scored and 49 allowed. (21 November 2013)


2013–14 Ukrainian Second League, League table, Withdrawn teams, Enerhiya Mykolaiv
On 6 March the administration of Enerhiya Mykolaiv informed that the club would not be funded by MykolaivOblEnerho hence leaving the club defunct. All of their matches after Round 23 are considered technical losses. The club played twenty two matches in the League and had a record of 9 wins, 3 draws and 15 losses (including a technical loss) with 24 goals scored and 28 allowed. (6 March 2014)


2013–14 Ukrainian Second League, League table, Withdrawn teams, Myr Hornostayivka
On 14 February the administration of Myr Hornostayivka informed that the club would not continue competing in the Second League. The president of the club informed the players that they are free agents. The club was officially withdrawn from the PFL later in March before the start of the spring session of the competition. All of their matches after Round 23 are considered technical losses. The club played twenty three matches in the League and had a record of 11 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses with 32 goals scored and 27 allowed. (24 March 2014)


2013–14 Ukrainian Second League, League table, Withdrawn teams, Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
In summer of 2014 participation of the club in the Professional League competitions was suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In summer of 2015 the club was officially withdrawn from the league.


2013–14 Ukrainian Second League, League table, Round by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution
The 2013-2014 Ukrainian revolution (Ukrainian: Українська революція 2013-2014 років, romanized: Ukrainska revoliutsiia 2013-2014 rokiv), also known as the Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідности, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosty), took place in Ukraine from November 2013 till February 2014, when a series of violent events involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of elected president Viktor Yanukovych, and the overthrow of the Ukrainian government.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution
Successive Ukrainian governments in the 2000s sought a closer relationship with the European Union (EU). The government of Yanukovych had been negotiating an association agreement with the European Union since 2012. Such comprehensive trade agreement with the EU would have impacted Ukraine's trade agreements with Russia, the latter being Ukraine's biggest trade partner at the time. Yanukovych believed that the complications could be addressed, and he said that he intended to enter the agreement, but continued to postpone.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution
This was interpreted as an attempt to back out of signing this agreement, and led to a wave of protests which came to be known as the "Euromaidan" movement. Clashes between the protestors and the riot police became violent, and resulted in the deaths of nearly 130 people, including 18 police officers. On February 21, an agreement between president Yanukovych and the leaders of the parliamentary opposition was signed that called for early elections and the formation of an interim unity government. The following day, Yanukovych fled from the capital ahead of an impeachment vote. The protesters proceeded to take control of the capital buildings. On the same day, the parliament declared that Yanukovych was relieved of duty in a 328-to-0 vote.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution
Yanukovych said that this vote was illegal and possibly coerced, and asked the Russian Federation for assistance. Russia considered the overthrow of Yanukovych to be an illegal coup, and did not recognize the interim government. Widespread protests, both in favor and against the revolution, occurred in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, where Yanukovych previously received strong support in the 2010 presidential election. These protests escalated, resulting in a Russian military invasion, and the establishment of the self-proclaimed proto-states Donetsk and Luhansk.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution
The interim government, led by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, proceeded to sign the EU association agreement. Petro Poroshenko became the president of Ukraine after a landslide victory in the 2014 presidential elections. The new government restored the 2004 amendments to the Ukrainian constitution that were controversially repealed as unconstitutional in 2010, and initiated a large-scale purge of civil servants who were associated with the overthrown regime.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
A period of relative calm in the anti-government demonstrations in Kyiv ended abruptly on 18 February 2014, when protesters and police clashed. At least 82 people were killed over the next few days, including 13 policemen; more than 1,100 people were injured.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
On 18 February, some 20,000 Euromaidan protesters advanced on Ukraine's parliament in support of restoring the Constitution of Ukraine to its 2004 form, which had been repealed by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine shortly after Yanukovych was elected president in 2010. The police blocked their path. The confrontation turned violent; the BBC, citing correspondents, reported that each side blamed the other. The police fired guns with both rubber bullets and, later, live ammunition (including automatic weapons and sniper rifles), while also using tear gas and flash grenades in an attempt to repel thousands of demonstrators.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
The protesters fought with crude weapons (such as large rocks and bats), firearms, and improvised explosives (Molotov cocktails), and broke into the headquarters of the Party of Regions. Police officers stormed the main protest camp on Maidan Nezalezhnosti and overran parts of the square. The Trade Unions Building, which served as the Euromaidan headquarters, was burned down. Political commentators suggested that Ukraine was on the brink of a civil war. Some areas, including Lviv Oblast, declared themselves politically independent of the central government.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
On 19 February, the authorities instituted police checkpoints, restrictions on public transportation, and school closures in Kyiv, which the media referred to as a de facto state of emergency.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
On 20 February, Internal Affairs Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko announced that he had signed a decree authorising the use of live ammunition against protesters. Central Kyiv saw the worst violence yet, and the death toll in 48 hours of clashes rose to at least 77. In response, the chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Volodymyr Rybak, announced the next day that he had signed a parliamentary decree condemning the use of force and urging all institutions (the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Cabinet of Ministers, etc.) to cease immediately all military actions against protesters. Parliament also suspended Zakharchenko from his duties.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
On 21 February, President Yanukovych signed a compromise deal with opposition leaders. It promised constitutional changes to restore certain powers to Parliament and called for early elections to be held by December.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
Despite the agreement, thousands continued to protest in central Kyiv, and the demonstrators took full control of the city's government district: the parliament building, the president's administration quarters, the cabinet, and the Interior Ministry. On 21 February, an impeachment bill was introduced in Parliament. On the same day, Yanukovych left for Kharkiv to attend a summit of southeastern regions, according to media reports.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
On 22 February, the protesters were reported to be in control of Kyiv, and Yanukovych was said to have fled the capital for eastern Ukraine. The parliament, or Verkhovna Rada, voted 328–0 in favour of impeaching Yanukovych and scheduled new presidential elections for 25 May.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
Parliament named its speaker, Oleksandr Turchynov, as interim president on 23 February. A warrant for the arrest of Yanukovych was issued by the new government on 24 February. Over the next few days, Russian nationalist politicians and activists organised rallies in Crimea and urged Russia to help defend the region from advancing "fascists" from the rest of Ukraine.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
On 28 February, Yanukovych attended a press conference in southern Russia and answered questions from mostly Russian reporters. He said that the early presidential elections scheduled for late May were illegal and that he "would not be participating in them". He also said that while the 21 February agreement could have calmed the situation, the opposition had not agreed to it.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Overview
On 1 March, Russia's parliament approved a request from President Vladimir Putin to deploy Russian troops to Ukraine.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude
Protests originally erupted in November 2013 after Yanukovych refused to sign a political association and free trade agreement with the European Union at a meeting of the Eastern Partnership in Vilnius, Lithuania, choosing closer ties with Russia instead. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov had asked for €20 billion (US$27 billion) in loans and aid. The EU was willing to offer €610 million ($838 million) in loans, but Russia was willing to offer $15 billion, as well as cheaper gas prices. In addition, the EU demanded major changes to Ukraine's regulations and laws, but Russia did not. Russia also applied economic pressure on Ukraine and launched a propaganda campaign against the EU deal.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude
Yanukovych was widely disliked in Ukraine's west but had some support in the east, where his native Russian is much more spoken, and in the south. The rallies were initially peaceful but became violent in January 2014 after Parliament, dominated by Yanukovych's supporters, passed laws intended to repress the protests. The European Union and the United States urged Yanukovych to negotiate a peaceful end to the conflict and said they would impose sanctions on government officials if they were found responsible for violence.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude
In the lead-up to the February revolution an amnesty agreement was made with protesters wherein they would be spared criminal charges in exchange for leaving occupied buildings. The demonstrators vacated all occupied Regional State Administration buildings, and activists in Kyiv left the Hrushevskoho Street standoff; Kyiv's City Hall was also released back to government control on 16 February. All those previously jailed for taking part in protests were scheduled to be released after 17 February.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude
On 14 February, Yanukovych had said: "I want to say that I was incited, and I'm incited to use various methods and ways how to settle the situation, but I want to say I don't want to be at war. I don't want any decisions made using such a radical way." He called on all politicians to refrain from radicalism and to understand that "there is a line that shouldn't be crossed, and this line is law".


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude, Russian involvement
The perception that Yanukovych was trying to establish closer ties with Russia played a major role in the protests. Yanukovych accepted "bail-out" money—$2 billion out of a $15 billion package—from Russia, and this was interpreted as a sign that he would seek close ties with Putin. Russian officials had been pressuring the Ukrainian administration to take decisive action to crush the protests, and the police assault on Euromaidan protesters was ordered hours after the $2 billion from Russia was transferred. Several government ministers from across Europe blamed Russia for exacerbating the violence.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude, Russian involvement
In an interview on 20 February, a retired colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia (GRU), Aleksandr Musienko, said that the conflict could only be solved by force, and that Ukraine had proven it could not exist as an independent, sovereign state. According to government documents released by Ukrainian former Deputy Interior Minister Hennadiy Moskal, Russian officials served as advisers to the operations against protesters. Code-named "Wave" and "Boomerang", the operations involved the use of snipers to disperse crowds and capture the protesters' headquarters in the House of Trade Unions.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude, Russian involvement
Before some police officers defected, the plans included the deployment of 22,000 combined security troops in Kyiv. According to the documents, the former first deputy of the Russian GRU stayed at the Kyiv Hotel, played a major role in the preparations, and was paid by the Security Services of Ukraine. According to Reuters, the authenticity of the documents could not be confirmed. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that the conflict had been provoked by a "non-Ukrainian" third party and that an investigation was ongoing.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude, Russian involvement
On 21 February, after a failed crackdown that killed as many as 100 people, Yanukovych made some concessions. In response, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of Russia said that Yanukovych needed to stop behaving like a "doormat", and that further loan installments would be withheld. A Russian political adviser, Sergey Markov, said, "Russia will do everything allowable by law to stop [the opposition] from coming to power." On 24 February, Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement urging Ukrainians to "crack down on the extremists who are trying to get established in power", and Medvedev refused to recognise Ukraine's provisional government as legitimate.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude, Russian involvement
During a press conference on 3 April 2014, Ukraine's new interior minister, chief prosecutor, and top security chief implicated more than 30 Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agents in the crackdown on protesters, saying that, in addition to taking part in the planning, the agents had flown shipments of large quantities of explosives into an airport near Kyiv.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Prelude, Russian involvement
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the interim head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), said the agents had been stationed in Kyiv throughout the Euromaidan protests, had been provided with "state telecommunications" while residing at an SBU compound, and had kept in regular contact with Ukrainian security officials. "We have substantiated grounds to consider that these very groups which were located at an SBU training ground took part in the planning and execution of activities of this so-called antiterrorist operation," Nalyvaichenko said. Investigators, he added, had established that Yanukovych's SBU chief, Oleksandr Yakymenko, who later fled the country, had received reports from FSB agents stationed in Ukraine, and that Yakymenko had held several briefings with the agents. The FSB rejected these claims as "groundless accusations" and otherwise refused to comment.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Initial clashes (Mariinskyi and Lypky)
The night before the clashes, Right Sector called on all of its members to ready themselves for a "peace offensive" on 18 February. The Maidan People's Union also urged all concerned citizens to take part in the "peace offensive", which student unions had agreed to join as well. The Maidan Union reported on the morning of 18 February that columns of protesters would begin a march on Parliament at 08:30.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Initial clashes (Mariinskyi and Lypky)
That morning, around 20,000 demonstrators marched on the Verkhovna Rada as Parliament was set to consider opposition demands for a new constitution and government. Around 09:45, the demonstrators broke through the police barricade of several personnel-transport trucks near the building of the Central Officers' Club of Ukraine and pushed the cordon of police aside. The clashes started after some two dozen demonstrators moved a police vehicle blocking their path to Parliament. At 10:00, a member of Parliament representing Batkivshchyna, Lesya Orobets, reported that police armed with Fort-500T shotguns had begun to attack with flash and stun grenades from Shovkovychna Street and Lypska Street.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Initial clashes (Mariinskyi and Lypky)
As the column neared the Verkhovna Rada building at 10:08, it met resistance from another cordon of police officers. There were reports that the number of protesters had swelled to 50,000. At 10:18, according to other reports, explosions and smoke were seen on Instytutska Street as people started to tear up roadway paving blocks. Protesters started to throw the pavement blocks at the police, while officers defending themselves with shields tried to subdue the crowd with stun grenades. Protesters who had barricaded themselves near the Dynamo Stadium colonnade began setting fire to tires. At about 10:30, Parliament was set to vote on whether to restore the 2004 constitution. However, it did not happen as Speaker Rybak did not register the bill.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Initial clashes (Mariinskyi and Lypky)
At 10:33, the street fights between protesters and the police shifted to Shovkovychna Street. Protesters started to wave 200-hryvnia banknotes in the face of some of Yanukovych's police forces—saying that they were mercenaries—in Mariinskyi Park. An activist, Oleksandr Aronets, reported that snipers were targeting civilians. By 11:00, protesters had sustained serious wounds. Molotov cocktails were thrown by the protesters, and on Shovkovnycha Street, a barricade of dump trucks was set on fire.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Raid on Party of Regions office and police retaliation
At 11:23, the Berkut special police forces tried to launch an assault on the crowd, but the protesters attacked back. Two minutes later, the first report came that protesters were breaking down the doors of the Party of Regions headquarters on Lypska Street. At 11:30, protesters—including the journalist Tetyana Chornovol—sacked and set fire to the building. Two persons died as a result, including a programmer who worked at the headquarters. At 12:12, Minister of Healthcare Raisa Bohatyriova was attacked by protesters as she left Mariinskyi Park, but she escaped unharmed. By 12:30, the police had regained control of the Party of Regions office.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Raid on Party of Regions office and police retaliation
By 13:00, thousands of police officers had encircled the government district and begun chasing down protesters. One protester with a head wound told the Kyiv Post that charging police officers had "smashed everybody" in their path.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Raid on Party of Regions office and police retaliation
Around 13:30, four officers on Instytutska Street were stationed atop a building, lobbing stun grenades at the crowd and shooting, when protesters stormed the building and set part of it on fire. The protesters forced their way to the roof, forcing the police to retreat. The building on Instytutska Street was described as the scene of the day's most violent clashes. Berkut and Internal Troops servicemen opened a full-scale assault, firing directly into the crowd. There were reports of police using water cannons to break through.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Raid on Party of Regions office and police retaliation
By mid-afternoon, police officers using tear gas drove as many as 10,000 protesters from Mariinskyi Park, where barricades had been built earlier in the day. Demonstrators threw stun grenades, filling the park with smoke. Other anti-government activists tried to keep the pro-government and anti-government forces apart.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Raid on Party of Regions office and police retaliation
Multiple news outlets published photographs showing the police armed with AK-74 assault rifles. Former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Hennadiy Moskal speculated that they were Alpha Group units. A Berkut leader, Vladimir Krashevsky, said the armed police officers in black with yellow armbands were part of a Berkut unit that had been deployed to help evacuate the interior troops.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Raid on Party of Regions office and police retaliation
Protesters re-occupied City Hall. And according to the Russian state-owned newspaper Izvestia, opposition activists armed with bats and iron rods beat a computer engineer, Valery Konstantinovich Zakharov, to death in the raid on the Party of Regions office.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Advance toward Maidan
At 15:45, hundreds of riot police officers advanced toward Parliament, attacking protesters. An officer grabbed the gas mask of a Kyiv Post journalist on Instytutska Street and said of the police advance: "I love it! We love it!"


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Advance toward Maidan
At 16:00, the acting chief of the Security Service of Ukraine, Oleksandr Yakymenko, and acting Interior Minister Zakharchenko issued a public warning to protesters to clear the streets within two hours, saying, "If by 18:00 the lawlessness doesn't cease, we shall be forced to use all legal means to bring order." At the October Palace, visible from Independence Square, riot police threw bricks down the hill at protesters from a bridge along Instytutska Street.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Breach of Hrushevskogo Street Barricade
Throughout the day of 18 February 2014, protesters lit tires, threw and launched Molotov Cocktails, bars of steel and other projectiles at lines of Berkut police. At 17:04, armed Berkut untied the wire at the Mykhaila Hrushevskogo Street barricade gate near Dynamo Stadium and penetrated with some surprise. EuroMaidan protesters were watching a drone hovering from the opposite direction, with their backs turned to the police. Hundreds of Berkut began throwing grenades, two of which injured U.S. photographer Mark Estabrook and countless others while discharging their pistols and shotguns. Euromaidan protesters and civilians began a mass retreat toward the next gate in a barricade on Khreschatyk Street. There were many injuries and several deaths.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Breach of Hrushevskogo Street Barricade
At 20:00, Pro-Russian sources had reported that 50 unknown or presumably Pro-Russian assailants were trying to break into the Canadian embassy. On the same day, a Global Affairs Canada spokesperson acknowledged that protesters had taken "shelter" and were "peaceful and have not caused any damage or harm to staff." In 2015, it was revealed that the embassy had deliberately opened its gates after spotting a Canadian passport-wielding EuroMaidan protester being chased by Berkut.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Breach of Hrushevskogo Street Barricade
Upon entry of the unknown passport-wielding EuroMaidan protester, a deluge of EuroMaidan protesters stormed the embassy and occupied the main lobby, using the embassy as a safe haven from Berkut. The embassy was used to treat the wounded during the evening of February 18. EuroMaidan protesters later left the embassy voluntarily, leaving flowers. Unnamed European allies later asserted, that given the prolonged occupation and lack of resistance by Canadian foreign service officers, Canada played an intentional and deliberate role in enabling EuroMaidan protesters. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was noted to have never acknowledged the true extent of the security breach.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Attack on Maidan
Following the warning, the police advanced on thousands of protesters on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) with guns, a water cannon, and an armored personnel carrier. Tents housing protesters were burning on the main square. The police justified their actions as part of an anti-terror campaign against "individuals who had clearly armed themselves". Opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk called on the police to retreat 200 meters up Instytutska Street and urged both sides to call a truce until morning. Protesters on the square stacked tires and other burning debris to create a wall of fire between themselves and security forces.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Attack on Maidan
The TV channel 5 Kanal's broadcast was shut down countrywide but remained available via satellite (with a brief interruption) and a live feed on YouTube. It resumed service some hours later.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Attack on Maidan
At approximately 22:00, it was reported that the police had broken through the protesters' barricades on the eastern side of the square. Officers then tried to retake the occupied Trade Unions building but failed.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Attack on Maidan
Presidential adviser Hanna Herman said that negotiations between the government and the opposition would only happen once peace was restored and the crowds retreated, and that "calling further for armed conflict is a great crime against the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian state." General Prosecutor of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka said: "Organisers of mass protests will be held accountable. We will demand the heaviest punishment both for those who revved people up to take part in today's action and for those who organised and controlled them."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Attack on Maidan
At 01:35 the next morning, street lights were switched off around the square. The activists believed that this heralded the beginning of a decisive assault.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Opposition leaders meeting with President Yanukovych
Emerging from a meeting with President Yanukovych, opposition leader Vitali Klitschko told Hromadske TV that the talks had not been successful. Klitschko said that opposition leaders had listened for more than an hour to Yanukovych's claims that they were to blame for the 20 deaths on 18 February. The president also demanded that the opposition force the protesters to leave Maidan Nezalezhnosti. He reportedly threatened opposition leaders with criminal prosecution.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Opposition leaders meeting with President Yanukovych
In a message on Ukrainian television, Yanukovych told the opposition leaders, "Separate yourself from the radical elements that seek bloodshed and conflict with law enforcement agencies," and said that if they did not, he would "talk differently" with them. He added: "The opposition leaders have ignored the basic foundation of democracy. The line had been crossed when they called people to arms."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 18 February, Opposition leaders meeting with President Yanukovych
On 20 February, three opposition parties (Batkivshchyna, UDAR, and Svoboda) said in a statement: "We never have and never will call people to arms. This is our principled position. The death of each person is a personal tragedy for each of us." Later that day, the parties said, "To hold talks with the regime, the policies of which led to the deaths of many people, is an extremely unpleasant thing, but we must do everything possible and even the impossible to prevent further bloodshed." They said that dissolving the protests would be "counterproductive and unrealistic" and stated: "It was not we who brought Maidan together, and it is not for us to disperse it! People will decide themselves what to do depending on when and how their demands are satisfied."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
The Kyiv Metro was closed and main roads blocked by police. Bigger stores and malls on Khreshchatyk were also closed, but according to a Euronews correspondent, "Life away from the barricades is business as usual."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
In the early morning, titushky shot two protesters, killing one. By this point, the death toll had risen to 26 on both sides, including 10 police.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched an "anti-terrorist" operation, while the intelligence services began investigating unnamed politicians over what was described as an illegal attempt to seize power. The decision to begin the anti-terrorist operation involved the SBU, the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Defence, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, and the central and local governments, according to a statement on the SBU website. According to political analyst Taras Berezovets, the decree meant that the SBU could search protesters, seize their property, and detain them at will, "without a court order or other legal safeguards."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
In the early morning, Olena Lukash announced that the opposition had refused to sign a declaration disapproving of radical measures. President Yanukovych demanded that the opposition stop occupying buildings and seizing arms; the opposition, however, would not concede. The acting minister of defence, Pavlo Lebedyev, acknowledged that he had sent some airborne troops from Dnipropetrovsk to Kyiv. Ciphered telegrams were discovered in which Yuriy Ilyin, the newly appointed chief of the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, gave direct orders to deploy military units.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
Also on 19 February, a military An-26 made a secret flight from Kyiv to Russia to pick up a large batch of anti-riot weapons and ammunition; this only became known in 2015.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
A Euronews correspondent on Independence Square reported that protesters were arriving "from all parts of Ukraine". By 14:50, about 5,000 remained on the square. Right Sector occupied the Kyiv Central Post Office and the State Committee for Television and Radio, with the post office serving as a new headquarters.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
President Yanukovych fired the chief of the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Volodymyr Zamana, and replaced him with Ilyin, who was previously the commander of the Ukrainian Navy. The Ministry of Defence announced that it was redeploying units around the country to guard military facilities. The director of the SBU, Oleksandr Yakymenko, said that military bases and arms depots had been attacked in several regions.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
The European Investment Bank froze activities in Ukraine, saying, "For the time being, the situation is so cruel that it would be politically the wrong signal, but also irresponsible vis-a-vis the people we asked to do the job, to be active on business in Ukraine."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 19 February
Following a meeting between government and opposition leaders late at night, both sides declared a truce and agreed to start negotiations. President Yanukovych said in a statement that he had agreed to "start negotiations with the aim of ending bloodshed and stabilising the situation in the state in the interests of social peace". According to opposition politician Yatsenyuk, the truce included a pledge from Yanukovych not to launch a police assault that night. Right Sector did not agree to the truce. A Euronews correspondent on Independence Square reported that the number of protesters had grown, saying, "In general, all I have heard from people is the more they are attacked and the worse they are beaten, the more determined they are to stand back up and resume the struggle."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
At 00:35, Interfax reported that Yanukovych had declared 20 February a day of mourning for those killed in the clashes.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
Around 03:50, activists claimed that they had torn a shoulder patch from the uniform of a Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) soldier during the clashes, brandishing the patch as alleged proof of Russian involvement. Protesters at Independence Square continued to hear gunshots, despite the ceasefire agreement. Around 04:20, five buses carrying protesters from Ivano-Frankivsk arrived.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
Each side blamed the other for igniting the deadly conflict. Yakymenko blamed Ukraine's current Euromaidan government, claiming they were responsible for hiring snipers on 20 February. In a statement, the Presidential Administration of Ukraine claimed that the protesters had gone on the offensive: "They are working in organised groups. They are using firearms, including sniper rifles. They are shooting to kill," it said. Protesters accused the police of starting the conflict by throwing Molotov cocktails and improvised explosive devices. Opposition politician Klitschko issued a statement saying: "Armed thugs have been let loose in the streets to attack people and create an illusion that there is a confrontation between citizens."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
At 09:25, protesters pushed the Berkut back to the October Palace after security forces tried to set fire to Kyiv Conservatory, which was being used as a field hospital for wounded protesters. At 09:32, it was announced that Parliament would not convene. Euromaidan protesters marched on the police with shields and Molotov cocktails and forced them to retreat, thus regaining control of Independence Square and capturing up to 67 police officers. Around 10:49, law enforcement personnel were captured while sleeping in the Ukrainian House and during clashes on barricades near the October Palace.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
Many of the men were only 18 or 19 years old, were not trained, and were armed only with rubber truncheons. Those with minor injuries were treated by medics. The captured police were from Crimea, the central-eastern cities Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvyi Rih, and eastern Luhansk. Interior Troops soldiers, of whom almost 100 surrendered during the clashes (mostly conscripts aged 19–20), were held prisoner at the headquarters of the Energy Company of Ukraine and at the October Palace.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
At 10:00, between 10,000 and 20,000 demonstrators remained, according to the Kyiv Post, and at least 42 people had been killed, primarily by police gunfire. According to a UNIAN correspondent, there were more than 30,000 people on Independence Square. At 10:55, the chief of the presidential administration, Andriy Klyuev, announced that the president was prepared to sign a treaty with the opposition on the demanded changes to the Constitution of Ukraine, and that the ongoing clashes should compel politicians to find a quick consensus.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
Trains between Kyiv and Lviv, one of the protesters' strongholds, were temporary suspended; a railway spokeswoman said this was because of damage to the lines. Coincidentally, there were reports that arms had been seized from an Interior Ministry armory in Lviv and transported to the outskirts of Kyiv.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
The head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Volodymyr Makeyenko, resigned from the Party of Regions but said he would continue to perform his duties to ensure that the city functioned properly. He then ordered the reopening of the Kyiv Metro. By 15:00, the metro was still not running, and ground-based transport in the city was scarce. The metro was partly reopened in the early evening, but interchange stations remained closed.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Kyiv was temporarily closed.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
Radio Liberty published video footage of police special forces shooting protesters with Kalashnikov and sniper rifles. Acting Interior Minister Zakharchenko announced that combat weapons had been provided to the police, saying in an address to the nation, "We signed relevant orders as part of the Antiterrorist Center's work: the law enforcement officials have been provided with combat weapons, and they will be used in line with the law on police." The ministry's website said the riot police had the right to use their weapons to free hostages being held by protesters. The ministry further stated that a sniper had injured 20 of its police officers.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February
Interfax-Ukraine reported that at 15:00, "a group of unknown individuals" headed to the Presidential Administration Building, and shots and explosions were heard. The Euromaidan self-defense force had repeatedly urged protesters not to go outside the square's perimeter.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Diplomatic efforts
The above-mentioned clashes erupted shortly before three visiting EU foreign ministers—Radosław Sikorski of Poland, Laurent Fabius of France, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany—were due to meet with President Yanukovych to push for a compromise with the Ukrainian opposition. The meeting was delayed for security reasons and began an hour late. Before the meeting, Fabius said in an interview with BFM TV: "Our purpose is to cause the Ukrainian administration to conduct elections. There is no solution other than elections." The negotiations lasted six hours.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Diplomatic efforts
Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland told reporters soon afterward, "It was agreed with Yanukovych that there was a willingness to hold early elections this year, both presidential and parliamentary." Tusk also said that Yanukovych "was willing to form a national unity government in the next 10 days and to change the constitution before the summer". Further talks were scheduled to negotiate the signing of the relevant document.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Diplomatic efforts
After a telephone conversation between Yanukovych and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, Russian human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin was sent as an envoy to Ukraine, at Yanukovych's request, to try to mediate talks between the government and the opposition.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Diplomatic efforts
The United States imposed visa bans on 20 Ukrainian officials it considered "responsible for ordering human rights abuses related to political oppression". The European Union introduced a visa ban and a financial asset freeze against those responsible for the violence in Ukraine, and a ban on export to Ukraine of equipment that could be used for repression. "The scale of implementation will be taken forward in the light of developments in Ukraine," the EU Council concluded.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
The leader of the ruling Party of Regions, Oleksandr Yefremov, travelled to Luhansk to meet with local leaders and law enforcement agents to discuss the possibility of southeastern Ukraine's declaring independence and seceding from the state. The chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, travelled to Moscow, where he announced that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea would secede from Ukraine if there were a change of power.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
Party of Regions MP Sergiy Tigipko called for the resignation of Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Rybak, his replacement with an opposition parliamentarian, and the urgent election of a prime minister supported by all factions. "The president, the parliament speaker, the acting prime minister, and opposition leaders have completely lost control of the situation in the country and do not offer any solutions to pacify the country," he said. "Their inaction is leading to increased confrontation and deaths. Immediate concrete steps, rather than negotiations, are needed to resolve the crisis in the country." In the evening, Tigipko held talks with opposition politicians Yatsenyuk and Klitschko.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
The head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Volodymyr Makeyenko, and 17 MPs resigned from the Party of Regions. In Rivne and Zhytomyr, the Party of Regions formally disbanded, with all MPs from those regions leaving the party as well.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
Ten Party of Regions and two independent MPs called for a return to the parliamentary-presidential form of government. They also called on security forces to "execute the oath they swore to the Ukrainian people, not to follow criminal orders to use firearms, not to allow the participation of law enforcers in provocations involving gangs against the peaceful public and protesters all over Ukraine".


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
At 16:42, Parliament convened for an emergency sitting. The Party of Regions did not take part. According to a UNIAN correspondent, 227 MPs out of 450—mostly from the opposition, but some from the Party of Regions—were present. Out of 238 deputies present, 236 voted to condemn the recent violence, ban the use of weapons against protesters, and withdraw troops and the police deployed against them. The entire parliamentary faction of the Communist Party of Ukraine and some 80% of the Party of Regions chose to miss the session.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
Lawmakers barred chiefs and commanders of the Interior Troops, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the SBU, and other government agencies from carrying out any counter-terrorism operations because they violated the Constitution of Ukraine. They were also ordered to stop blocking roads and bridges, squares and streets in Kyiv and other cities and towns. The Party of Regions MPs at the sitting agreed to form an "anti-crisis group".


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
Late in the evening, it was announced that five more MPs had left the parliamentary faction of the Party of Regions.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 20 February, Ukrainian political developments
The Parliament of Crimea called for an extraordinary session on 21 February. The leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People said he suspected that lawmakers would ask for Russian military intervention, stating, "Tomorrow may be a decision that will bring chaos and disaster to Crimea." Several scholars discussed the possibility of Russian intervention in Crimea specifically, because of its unique geopolitical nature and demographics.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February
The Armed Forces' deputy chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Yuri Dumansky, resigned because he disagreed with the involvement of the army in the conflict. "Today the army is being involved in the civil conflict, which could lead to the mass deaths of civilians and soldiers," he said. At around midnight, journalist Artem Shevchenko, referring to his sources in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced that 10 BTRs had departed from Kozachia (Cossack) Bay, where the Black Sea Fleet of Russia is based, escorted by DAI (Road Auto Inspection) vehicles. According to Shevchenko, 1,500 airborne soldiers and 400 marines—including the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 1st Marine Brigade, the 831st Anti-sabotage Unit, and the 2nd Marine Spetsnaz—had been transferred on 20 February under the command of the SBU for the anti-terrorist operation.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February
In the lead-up to the day's parliamentary session, it was reported that many members of the Party of Regions and their families had fled the capital, including acting Interior Minister Zakharchenko and Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February
Later, Maidan activists released the Interior Troops servicemen whom they had captured the previous day. Meanwhile, the entire police force of Radekhiv joined the protesters in Kyiv.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February
The Security Service of Ukraine officially ended its "preparations for antiterrorist operation" introduced on 19 February.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement on settlement of political crisis
A compromise deal was agreed to on 21 February after hours of negotiations led by the European Union mediators and Foreign Ministers Radosław Sikorski of Poland, Laurent Fabius of France, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany. Officially called the Agreement on settlement of political crisis in Ukraine, but unofficially called the 21 February Agreement, it was signed by both opposition leaders and the president after overnight negotiations (read the full text of the agreement here).


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement on settlement of political crisis
The agreed-to provisions included a restoration of the constitution as it was between 2004 and 2010; constitutional reform to be completed by September; early presidential elections no later than December 2014; an investigation into the violence conducted under joint monitoring of the administration, the opposition, and the Council of Europe; a veto on imposing a state of emergency; amnesty for protesters arrested since 17 February; the surrender of public buildings occupied by protesters; the forfeiture of illegal weapons; "new electoral laws", and the formation of a new Central Election Commission. The three EU foreign ministers signed the document as witnesses; Russian mediator Vladimir Lukin did not, because he had no mandate to sign an agreement on the crisis.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement on settlement of political crisis
Parliament voted unanimously, 386–0, to return to the 2004 constitution, and then 332–0 to suspend acting Interior Minister Zakharchenko. Another bill made changes to the Criminal Code, allowing for the release of Yulia Tymoshenko. 310 MPs voted in favour of the measure, including 54 from the Party of Regions and 32 Communists. Mykola Rudkovsky introduced a bill to impeach President Yanukovych. Parliament also adopted a resolution late that evening that ordered all Interior Ministry troops and police officers to return to their barracks.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement aftermath
Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh rejected the agreement, saying, "We have to state the obvious fact that the criminal regime had not yet realised either the gravity of its evil doing." He noted that the agreement did not include provisions for the arrest of Interior Minister Zakharchenko; the punishing of Berkut commanders alleged to have been involved in the murder of civilians; the removal of the general prosecutor and defence minister; a ban on the Party of Regions and Communist Party; and guarantees of safety for those involved in the opposition.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement aftermath
He called for the "people's revolution" to continue until power had been completely removed from the governing authorities. Euromaidan leader Andriy Parubiy insisted that elections be held as soon as possible and reiterated that one of the main demands of protesters had been the resignation of President Yanukovych. Automaidan also announced that it would not accept anything short of Yanukovych's resignation.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement aftermath
Vitali Klitschko apologised to the crowd on Independence Square after shaking hands with Yanukovych. Protesters there responded to the deal by booing opposition leaders. Activist Volodymyr Parasiuk warned from the stage that if Yanukovych did not resign by 10:00 the next day, an armed coup would be staged. Oleh Lyashko echoed the demand, saying, "Either he resigns, or we take him away." Outside of Kyiv, it was later discovered that the summer home of pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk had been set on fire.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement aftermath
By late afternoon, hundreds of riot police officers guarding the presidential compound and nearby government buildings had vanished. Radosław Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, described the withdrawal of forces as "astonishing", noting that it was not part of the agreement. The riot police had begun withdrawing early in the morning because they feared that Yanukovych's government would pin the responsibility for the violence on them, and because they feared being attacked after protesters stole around 1,200 pistols and Kalashnikov rifles from the police on 18 February during the occupation of government buildings in Lviv.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement aftermath
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry was left without leadership. Deputy Interior Minister Viktor Dubovik ordered the riot police to leave the city, but it is unclear where this order originated. Opposition member Serhiy Pashynsky arranged escorts out of the city for more than 5,000 officers, Interior Ministry forces, and other special forces. After the riot police vanished, Andriy Parubiy reported that Euromaidan self-defence had peacefully gained control over Kyiv and its government buildings, and that the military was standing with the opposition.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Timeline, 21 February, Agreement aftermath
A new parliamentary coalition was created after 28 MPs left the Party of Regions' faction. Within the remaining faction, a "group of 31 deputies with a special position" was formed by Sergiy Tigipko "to persuade other Party of Regions MPs to vote progressively".


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties
After the first day of clashes, 26 people were reported dead: 16 protesters and 10 police officers. Those hospitalised included three minors, five journalists, and 79 police officers. According to Olga Bogomolets, an honored doctor of Ukraine, "snipers were aiming at heart, lungs and neck".


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties, Deaths
From 18–19 February, the official death toll according to the Ministry of Healthcare was 28, of whom 10 were police and Berkut troops.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties, Deaths
By 13:00 on 20 February, at least 34 more protesters had been fatally shot by the police, with reporters verifying the bodies (15 at the Kozatsky Hotel, 12 at the Hotel Ukraine, 7 at the Central Post Office). In the early afternoon, Kyiv Post journalists reported a further eight bodies on Khreshchatyk Street. According to the coordinator of medical services on Independence Square, Oleh Musiy, between 70 and 100 protesters had been killed by 17:30 on 20 February. Meanwhile, the Kyiv City State Administration reported 67 deaths based on the number of bodies delivered to forensics. The Ministry of Healthcare reported 75 deaths since the start of the conflict.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties, Speculation on snipers
CNN reported that officials had intercepted a telephone call between Foreign Minister Urmas Paet of Estonia and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton in which Paet relayed a doctor's testimony that the sniper killings of protesters and Berkut troops had been committed by the same people. Paet later asserted that he had not been implying that the opposition was involved, but merely relaying the content of the doctor's testimony.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties, Speculation on snipers
Olga Bogomolets, the doctor who allegedly claimed that protesters and Berkut troops had come under fire from the same source, said that she had not made such a claim to Mr. Paet; that she had not implied that the opposition was involved in the killings; and that the government had informed her that an investigation was underway.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties, Speculation on snipers
Hennadiy Moskal—a former deputy head of Ukraine's main security agency, the SBU, and of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA)—suggested in an interview published in the Ukrainian newspaper Dzerkalo Tizhnya that snipers from the MIA and SBU, not foreign agents, were responsible for the shootings and had acted on contingency plans dating back to Soviet times. He said: "In addition to this, snipers received orders to shoot not only protesters, but also police forces. This was all done in order to escalate the conflict, in order to justify the police operation to clear Maidan."


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties, Speculation on snipers
He further suggested that the current minister of internal affairs, Avakov, and the chairman of the SBU, Nalivaichenko, were protecting the personnel who actually planned and carried out the killings, in order to prevent backlash against the ministry and to avoid a loss of prestige. Avakov said that the conflict had been provoked by a "non-Ukrainian" third party and that an investigation was ongoing.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Casualties, Speculation on snipers
On 31 March 2014, the Daily Beast published photos and videos showing that the snipers were members of the SBU's "anti-terrorist" Alpha unit who had been trained in Russia. The media suggested that it was not the Ukrainian riot police who fired on the protesters, as previously believed, although the members of the Alpha team are Ukrainian citizens.


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Aftermath, Removal of Yanukovych
On 21 February, President Yanukovych and Parliament declared 22 and 23 February to be days of mourning "due to the loss of human life as a result of mass disturbances".


2013–14 Ukrainian revolution, Aftermath, Removal of Yanukovych
Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Rybak submitted his resignation in parliament on 22 February, citing illness. Yanukovych's whereabouts were unknown, despite media reports that he had flown to Kharkiv (according to the governor of Kharkiv Oblast at the time, Mykhailo Dobkin, Yanukovych was in Kharkiv that day). Oleksandr Turchynov said that most of the ministers had disappeared, including Interior Minister Zakharchenko, who was reported to have fled to Belarus.