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Image 1 – On 19th February, during the February 2014 Euromaidan riots, the police attacked protestors, claiming they were arming themselves, and the headquarters of the Euromaidan side was set on fire. This image shows the aftermath of this confrontation.
Image 2: The building burns.
Reason
We're lucky to have some excellent photojournalism coming out of the Ukraine just now. This deserves recognition, and, while there are numerous photographs deserving consideration, I think this would make a good start. Any imperfections can be waived as they're irreplaceable.
Articles in which this image appears
Both are in February 2014 Euromaidan riots. Image 1 additionally appears in 2014 in Ukraine and 2014 in Europe
FP category for this image
Not quite sure. One of the History subcategories, certainly, either Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/War or Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/Others
Creator
User:Amakuha
Just a little background: this building witnessed all the recent major fights for independence of Ukraine: Revolution on Granite, Orange Revolution and Euromaidan. So seeing this building burnt down marks new age in history of Ukraine.
The photos were shot when it was unclear whether there would be shooting on Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Luckily, it was mostly quiet at that time.
On the other hand, I don't consider these pictures to be of high quality neither. But thanks for nomination! --ΑΜακυχα Θ 22:40, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Euromaidan_in_Kiev_2014-02-19_12-06.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 17:51, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Euromaidan_in_Kiev_2014-02-19_10-22.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 17:51, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]