re: Ukraine Revolution live stream

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looks like they're getting ready for war

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I wish they would hurry up already!

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Seriously, frick you.

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Dude you have been on this board long enough to ignore the trolls!

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Whoever it was that posted the emoticon holding a Ukrainian flag earlier, what's the code for that?

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this should help , C&P from wiki

Origin ..... yellow-blue vs blue-yellow

Interestingly, Ukrainians commonly refer to the flag as yellow and light blue (?????-?????????, zhovto-blakytnyi)[15] — a different version of the flag used during UNR (Ukrainian National Republic) years (1917–1921) with yellow on the top and blue on the bottom. The yellow on the top represents golden domes (cupolas) of Christian churches and the blue the Dnieper river.

It has to be noted that although most Ukrainians identify their flag in the verbal language as "yellow and light blue" (Ukrainian: ?????-?????????, zhovto-blakytnyy), the current flag in reality is blue (the top string) and yellow (the bottom string). The issue is quite notable, because the historical rotation of the flag (from yellow–blue to blue–yellow) did not affect the spoken language. Back in 1848 the flag was indeed yellow and blue,[citation needed] and it was later rotated to blue and yellow to be more appealing to the common person. The common explanation of "blue sky above yellow field of wheat" was invented around that time, and, although this evocation of a Ukrainian landscape has nothing to do with the choice of colours or the history of the original yellow and blue, it certainly has formed the Ukrainians' conception of their flag.

There is a popular interpretation of the meaning of the colors of the Ukrainian flag according to which the color blue represents the color of the sky, and the yellow symbolizes the lush golden wheat fields of this country. This association is thought to have been developed in the mid-19th century. However, this interpretation is but a poetic metaphor[by whom?] due to the fact that in the UNR in 1917, and sometimes later, the yellow-top and blue-bottom flag was used.

The head of the Ukrainian Heraldry Society, Andriy Grechylo points to the fact that the discussion about order of colors was taking place as far back as 1918. Nonetheless, both governments of the Ukrainian People's Republic as well as the Ukrainian State defined that the upper half would be light-blue, while the lower - yellow. During 1918 it was taking in consideration that light blue would loose its shade under sun, therefore it was decided to make color darker.

Already in the 1918 draft of Constitution of the Ukrainian National Republic the order of colors was defined as blue and yellow. The same order could be found in legislative acts of the West Ukrainian People's Republic for November of 1918 and the Carpathian Ukraine on March 15, 1939. The argument on the order of colors was taking place in the Ukrainian diaspora as well. In 1949 it was decided that until in Ukraine it would not be defined a single state flag, the diaspora will be using the blue-and-yellow banner.

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What the frick do you think everyone in here wants? We want to see the rioters clash with the police. Deal with it!

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thats what im waiting for

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thats what im waiting for

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Exactly! TNBoi is just a crybaby!

Isn't he the one who speaks Ukrainian?

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We want to see the rioters clash with the police.

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I think pretty much everyone is on the protestors' side. People are gonna die in bad ways though, mostly Berkut from the looks of it.

A lot of these photos have been some really amazing photography. Very powerful and mesmerizing. But when you add live 24/7 on the ground video streams of history as it is happening to the equation, mind blown.

tire fires are dieing down

some demographics and geography to put perspective on the size of Ukraine and Kyiv

Ukraine is roughly the same size as Texas

Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine , with @ 2.9M people

Makes complete sense why Yanukovich will not relinquish the Capitol city to the opposition