Over the weekend, anti-government protests in Ukraine reignited, exceeding the turnout for the previous week's protest that came in reaction to Kiev's rejection of the EU association agreement . On Sunday, protesters numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The protests are being portrayed as a conflict over the future of Ukraine, namely, whether the Eastern European country should integrate with Europe or Russia . They have reached the point where they could move beyond being a mild disruption to the current government to being a harbinger of significant political change in Ukraine. The demonstrations evolved from a spontaneous reaction to the government's decision to reject signing the association agreement with the European Union to something much more organized. Protesters have erected large tents, formal barricades and portable toilets. Three leaders have also risen to form a sort of troika for the movement.