 Complete the following phrase:  During the Euromaidan, there were protests and clashes with police throughout Ukraine, especially at the Maidan central square in Kyiv, which was occupied and barricaded by protesters, along with some administrative buildings, including Kyiv City State Administration. On 8 December the crowd toppled a Lenin statue nearby. Protests and clashes increased in January, after the Ukrainian parliament passed a group of anti-protest laws. Protesters occupied government buildings in many regions of Ukraine. The protests climaxed in mid-February. Riot police advanced towards Maidan and clashed with protesters but did not fully occupy it. Police and activists fired live and rubber ammunition at multiple locations in Kyiv. There was 