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Violent Protests Flare In Kiev After New Maneuvers By Russia And EU
AP/HuffPo - by MARIA DANILOVA
Posted: 02/18/2014 8:42 am EST Updated: 02/18/2014 3:05 pm EST
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons attacked a large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital on Tuesday that has been the center of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes.
The police dismantled some of the barricades on the perimeter of Independence Square, and many of the protest tents were set on fire. But the 20,000 demonstrators fought back, armed with rocks, bats and fire bombs, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem.
Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko urged the protesters to defend the camp.
"We will not go anywhere from here," Klitschko told the crowd, speaking from a stage in the square as fires burned around him, releasing huge plumes of smoke into the night sky. "This is an island of freedom and we will defend it," he said.
Many heeded his call.
"This looks like a war against one's own people," said Dmytro Shulko, 35, who was heading toward the camp armed with a fire bomb. "But we will defend ourselves."
The protesters appeared to sense that Ukraine's political standoff was reaching a critical turning point after the deadliest violence yet was paralyzing the capital.
As the tents went up in flames, defiant protesters shouted "Glory to Ukraine!"
Earlier in the day...
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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/violent-protests-kiev_n_4807970.html
AP/HuffPo - by MARIA DANILOVA
Posted: 02/18/2014 8:42 am EST Updated: 02/18/2014 3:05 pm EST
<snip>
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons attacked a large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital on Tuesday that has been the center of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes.
The police dismantled some of the barricades on the perimeter of Independence Square, and many of the protest tents were set on fire. But the 20,000 demonstrators fought back, armed with rocks, bats and fire bombs, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem.
Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko urged the protesters to defend the camp.
"We will not go anywhere from here," Klitschko told the crowd, speaking from a stage in the square as fires burned around him, releasing huge plumes of smoke into the night sky. "This is an island of freedom and we will defend it," he said.
Many heeded his call.
"This looks like a war against one's own people," said Dmytro Shulko, 35, who was heading toward the camp armed with a fire bomb. "But we will defend ourselves."
The protesters appeared to sense that Ukraine's political standoff was reaching a critical turning point after the deadliest violence yet was paralyzing the capital.
As the tents went up in flames, defiant protesters shouted "Glory to Ukraine!"
Earlier in the day...
<snip>
More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/violent-protests-kiev_n_4807970.html
