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Orthodox priest at the Maidan: The Ukrainian Orthodox Church tried to shield protesters from violence (Photo: Jordi Bernabeu)

Western Ukrainians debunk fears of national split

People who came to St. Mikolaj’s, in the village of Staryj Sambir, near the Polish-Ukrainian border, on Sunday (23 February) to bury their hero listened to an appeal for national unity from the pulpit.

Bohdan Solchanyk, a 29-year old academic, had been shot in Kiev last week.

The depth of feeling in the region was on show in the candles, lit in red jars, which had been placed at 20 or 30-metre intervals along the entire length of the 100-km road from Lviv.

The crowd of 1,5...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Orthodox priest at the Maidan: The Ukrainian Orthodox Church tried to shield protesters from violence (Photo: Jordi Bernabeu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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