Ukraine: Everything you need to know about how we got here
(CNN)
It began as a dispute over a trade agreement, but it's mushroomed into the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the wars over the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
As world leaders scramble to put a stop to the civil war in eastern Ukraine, explore the 12 days that have defined the conflict since violence first broke out in November 2013.
First aid medics fired on in Ukraine 03:19
February 20, 2014: Violence that has been simmering for weeks bubbles over when a gunfight erupts between protesters and police in Maidan (Independence) Square in central Kiev, leaving around 100 people dead. Protesters say government snipers opened fire on them; Yanukovych's government blames opposition leaders for provoking the violence.
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