With the situation changing so rapidly in Ukraine as I write this from Kyiv in mid-March, 2014, the best option for current information is this epilogue. Instead of repeating what has been widely reported in the global media about the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych from the presidency, the brazen Russian aggression in Crimea and the march of Soviet-like propaganda that is being used to justify it, and the escalating tug of war over Ukraine between Russia and the West, I will focus on updates about the specific people and places in Kyiv that were most prominently mentioned in the previous twelve chapters. A format akin to bullet point will suffice.

The Euromaidan demonstrations continue on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) despite the victory over Yanukovych. The numbers of people, however, are smaller. Even during the worst of the storming of Maidan during February 18-20, 2014, during which more than 100 defenders were killed by government forces, Maidan held, albeit for a time in much reduced territory. The stage from which there had been so many speeches, songs, and prayers during the three months before the attacked never yielded, and was a scene of fervent ecumenical prayer as fires raged and snipers’ bullets flew at any human targets within sights. Now that Ukraine's interim government is headed by pro-Maidan activists, the Berkut police units have been dissolved, and there are no hostile militias or hired titushky in sight, Maidan is being rebuilt once again, and again as a grassroots encampment. The goal now, after Yanukovych is gone, is good government. For many Maidan activists, that means a complete turnover of membership of the parliament (Verkhovna Rada), the various ministries of government, the courts and other justice institutions, and local and oblast offices across the land, including the office of the mayor of Kyiv. Moreover, quite a few of the buildings around and near Independence Square are occupied by protestors and self-defense units, including the large Hotel Dnipro, various government buildings, and many retail premises along Khreshchatyk and other streets. The Trade Unions House (Chapter 6) was all but totally destroyed in a fire during the height of the fighting, with many deaths. Its blackened ruins loom over Independence Square as reminder of what had taken place.