Kiev ablaze

Agencies Published January 22, 2014
Ukrainian opposition activists run by a barricade set on a fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists run by a barricade set on a fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists run by a barricade set on fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists run by a barricade set on fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activist throws a tyre in a fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activist throws a tyre in a fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists stand next to a barricade set on a fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists stand next to a barricade set on a fire during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists stand next to a barricade during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists stand next to a barricade during clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists get ready for clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Ukrainian opposition activists get ready for clashes with riot police in central Kiev early on January 22. – Photo by AFP
Pro-European protesters take cover behind a burnt bus during clashes with riot police in Kiev on January 22. – Photo by Reuters
Pro-European protesters take cover behind a burnt bus during clashes with riot police in Kiev on January 22. – Photo by Reuters

Ukrainian police on Wednesday broke through barricades built by protesters at the scene of clashes in Kiev. Activists said that one person had been shot dead by the security forces. The mass protests in Kiev, the capital, erupted after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia, which offered him a $15 billion bailout.

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