Corpses on Kiev's Independence Square as police deploy snipers and use live ammunition In pictures – violent clashes in Kiev
By Ian Traynor in Kiev
The Guardian, Thursday 20 February 2014
The conflict over Ukraine's
future escalated on Thursday into the bloodiest day of violence since
protests began, as the opposition routed thousands of riot police to
regain control of central Kiev amid signs that the power base of
embattled president Viktor Yanukovych was under threat.
Dozens
died and hundreds were injured in a day of dramatic violence that
turned into a seesaw contest and saw thousands of riot police scuttling
from territory they seized on Tuesday. The day ended with thousands of
Kiev residents patiently building city centre barricades in the cold and
the dark. Police deployed snipers and used live ammunition in a menacing escalation of the violence.
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