Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in central Kiev on February 18, 2014. Five people died on February 18 as anti-government protesters clashed with security forces in central Kiev, a police spokeswoman said. 'Five civilians died as a result of the mass unrest in Kiev,' Kiev police department spokeswoman Olga Bilyk told AFP.
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Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in central Kiev on February 18, 2014. Five people died on February 18 as anti-government protesters clashed with security forces in central Kiev, a police spokeswoman said. 'Five civilians died as a result of the mass unrest in Kiev,' Kiev police department spokeswoman Olga Bilyk told AFP.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
An anti-government protester stands on Independence Square, known as Maidan, on February 19, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union.
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An anti-government protester prepares to throw a brick during clashes with riot police in front of the Parliament in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Five people died on February 18 as anti-government protesters clashed with security forces in central Kiev, a police spokeswoman said. 'Five civilians died as a result of the mass unrest in Kiev,' Kiev police department spokeswoman Olga Bilyk told AFP.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
An anti-government protester takes part in clashes with the police on Independence Square in Kiev early on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square.
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Anti-government protesters throw cobblestones as they clash with the police on Independence Square in Kiev early on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
An anti-government protester wearing a helmet stands on Independence Square in Kiev during clashes with the police early on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
| Anti-government protesters clash with the police on Independence Square in Kiev early on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square. |
Anti-government protesters clash with the police on Independence Square in Kiev early on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
A man holds a teddy bear with its mouth and paws pasted up in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, to commemorate the victims of the violence wracking Kiev, on February 19, 2014. Ukrainian riot police approached Kiev's main opposition camp after at least seven people were killed in the bloodiest day of clashes in nearly three months of protests.
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A wounded anti-government protester is pictured during clashes with police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building.
(GENYA SAVILOV/AFP)
Anti-government protesters throw cobblestones as they clash with the police on Independence Square in Kiev early on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
Anti-government protesters clash with police in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
Anti-government protesteras take part in clashes with the police on Independence Square in Kiev early on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square.
(SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP)
Burnt out vehicles remain after protesters clashes withpolice in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building.
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A young anti-government protester takes part in clash with police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building.
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Anti-government protesters clash with police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building.
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Anti-government protesters clash with police in in the center of Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building.
(GENYA SAVILOV/AFP)
Policeman evacuate a wounded colleague during clashes with anti-government protesters in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Ukrainian anti-government protestors on Tuesday took back control of Kiev's city hall following bloody clashes with riot police just two days after vacating the building, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. Protesters guarded the entrance and some 30 activists were setting up a first aid point inside the building, which the opposition had left on Sunday as part of an amnesty deal with the authorities.
(ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP)
Anti-government demonstrators stand among the smoke of burning barricades during clashes with riot police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko on February 18 urged women and children to leave the opposition's main protest camp on Kiev's Independence Square, known as Maidan, as riot police massed nearby. 'We ask women and children to quit Maidan as we cannot rule out the possibility that they will storm (the camp),' the former heavyweight boxing champion told protestors on the square.
(SANDRO MADDALENA/AFP)
Anti-government protesters are wounded after the clash with the police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police said seven officers died from gunshot wounds, while authorities and demonstrators said five civilians were also killed in the clashes, bringing the death toll to at least 16. Hundreds of people were injured, including dozens of police officers, some with serious wounds.
(OLEKSANDR RATUSHNIAK/AFP)
Anti-government protesters are wounded after the clash with the police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police said seven officers died from gunshot wounds, while authorities and demonstrators said five civilians were also killed in the clashes, bringing the death toll to at least 16. Hundreds of people were injured, including dozens of police officers, some with serious wounds.
(OLEKSANDR RATUSHNIAK/AFP)
Anti-government demonstrators stand on barricades during clashes with riot police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko on February 18 urged women and children to leave the opposition's main protest camp on Kiev's Independence Square, known as Maidan, as riot police massed nearby. 'We ask women and children to quit Maidan as we cannot rule out the possibility that they will storm (the camp),' the former heavyweight boxing champion told protestors on the square.
(SANDRO MADDALENA/AFP)
Anti-government protesters are wounded after the clash with the police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police said seven officers died from gunshot wounds, while authorities and demonstrators said five civilians were also killed in the clashes, bringing the death toll to at least 16. Hundreds of people were injured, including dozens of police officers, some with serious wounds.
(OLEKSANDR RATUSHNIAK/AFP)
An anti-government protester stands in front of burning vehicles at the Security Service building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on February 18, 2014. Anti-government protesters in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on February 18 seized the regional administration building and police headquarters as clashes raged in Kiev, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. Some 500 demonstrators stormed the regional administration after bombarding it with stones before taking the control of the local police headquarters in the largely pro-EU city.
(YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP)