Ukrainians protest in kyiv over the President Viktor Yanukovych rejection of EU agreement

The crowd decides against staying at the Cabinet of Ministers building and returns to European Square, where a concert will begin soon. the protests in Kyiv and other cities following the government's decision on Nov. 21 to stop European Union integration and suspend pursuit of an association agreement. The rallies started on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) the night of Nov. 21 and are continuing in Kyiv and other cities ahead of the Nov. 28-29 summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, at which Ukraine and the EU were scheduled to have signed a political and free trade deal.

The crowd is marching from European Square along Instityutska Street in central Kyiv. Bankova Street, where the Presidential Administration is located, is full of police and buses in a great show of force. The crowd size is still big -- more than 10,000 people. Fortunately, it's not so chilly, no wind and no rain
When the music stopped, the crowd moved on to the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers building, a short walk way, to continue the protest. It was the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov that killed the dreams of European Union integration for many Ukrainians by suspending talks for a political association and free trade agreement.  Many think Russia's Vladimir Putin holds too much control over the nation. People from Lviv and Luhansk oblasts -- representing the western and eastern sections of the nation -- say they will go home, but will continue to protest in their home cities. Kyivans say they are ready to stay on their streets until their aims of European Union integration -- scuttled by President Viktor Yanukovych on Nov. 21 -- are realized. "If the right decision won't be made on Nov. 28, there might be something even bigger than the 2004 Orange Revolution," said Tetyana Syrova of Lviv, referring to the uprising that started nine years ago this month. The Orange Revolution stopped Yanukovych from taking power after a rigged presidential election, leading to a new vote on Dec. 26, 2004, and the election of one-term President Viktor Yushchenko.