More Than 100,000 Protest in Kiev

Thousands of protesters cheered in Kiev, Ukraine as a Lenin statue was pulled down and then hammered into pieces.

Protests have been taking place for weeks as the people demand that President Viktor Yanukovych resign.

He angered the public when backed out of signing a trade agreement with the European Union, and instead announced that he would seek closer ties with Russia.

Many Ukrainians worry that Yanukovych is taking their country back under Russian influence and fear a loss of their independence from their former Soviet masters.

The protests have gained steam as three former presidents have backed them.

Estimates are that more than one hundred thousand people showed up in Kiev on Sunday alone.

Tens of thousands more have been protesting in other cities, across the country.