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Over the next day, 25 people were killed. More than 350 citizens were injured, more than 250 were hospitalized. Riots in the center of Kiev continued in the following days. In connection with the tragic events, February 20 was declared a day of mourning. However, on this day, the clashes intensified. Dozens of people were killed by Pravy Sektor snipers atop the Music Conservatory and Hotel Ukraina buildings.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMoq61IN02VsItd-uIZKtJKrPxA4z1Q8 Maidan Massacre in Ukraine], Ivan Katchanovski. YouTube.</ref> According to official data of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, from February 18 to February 21 2014, 77 people were killed.
Over the next day, 25 people were killed. More than 350 citizens were injured, more than 250 were hospitalized. Riots in the center of Kiev continued in the following days. In connection with the tragic events, February 20 was declared a day of mourning. However, on this day, the clashes intensified. Dozens of people were killed by Pravy Sektor snipers atop the Music Conservatory and Hotel Ukraina buildings.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMoq61IN02VsItd-uIZKtJKrPxA4z1Q8 Maidan Massacre in Ukraine], Ivan Katchanovski. YouTube.</ref> According to official data of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, from February 18 to February 21 2014, 77 people were killed.
Western propaganda media blamed Yanukovych for the killings rather than the coup plotters, and Yanukovych's parliamentary support crumbled.
Western propaganda media blamed Yanukovych for the killings rather than the coup plotters, and Yanukovych's parliamentary support crumbled.
On February 20, 2014, eight busloads of people from Crimea, who had come into Ukraine's capital Kyiv and were holding signs demonstrating in opposition to the "Maidan" movement, were violently attacked by Pravy Sektor people who were leading the Maidan movement; the terrified Crimeans scrambled back into their buses, which promptly sped southward, home toward Crimea.
The Ukraine Human Rights organization posted to the internet a 25-minute video, with English subtitles, telling these people's stories. It's titled ''The Pogrom of Korsun'',<ref>https://youtu.be/loKajkXoTBU</ref> and it reports, with testimony and some of the videos from survivors, the attacks against the buses when a gang of Ukraine's Right Sector members caught up with them near the Ukrainian town of Korsun. Private cellphone videos that were shown in the compilation. One other striking cellphone video showed the view from the rear seat of a car as it was approaching a blockade, and some of the buses were aflame. A few car-drivers were standing watching at a distance, while the Right Sector people beat and killed Crimeans alongside their buses.<ref>https://archive.ph/pgUkP#selection-719.0-719.16</ref>
On February 21, 2014, President Viktor Yanukovych signed an agreement with the leaders of the parliamentary opposition that he would not seek re-election the following February since his removal was the protesters primary demand. German Foreign Minister [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]], Polish Foreign Minister [[Radosław Sikorski]], a head of department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Russian observer Vladimir Lukin were witnesses. It was hoped the agreement with opposition leaders would bring ton an end the crisis situation in Ukraine.<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/ Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine?], By MAX BLUMENTHAL, FEBRUARY 25, 2014.</ref>
On February 21, 2014, President Viktor Yanukovych signed an agreement with the leaders of the parliamentary opposition that he would not seek re-election the following February since his removal was the protesters primary demand. German Foreign Minister [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]], Polish Foreign Minister [[Radosław Sikorski]], a head of department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Russian observer Vladimir Lukin were witnesses. It was hoped the agreement with opposition leaders would bring ton an end the crisis situation in Ukraine.<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/ Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine?], By MAX BLUMENTHAL, FEBRUARY 25, 2014.</ref>