22:40
18.2.2014
Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, has confirmed that the video below -- of a man helping to wave through traffic towards Independence Square -- is indeed of him.
22:11
18.2.2014
The press secretary for Vitali Klitschko says the boxer turned opposition politician is preparing to meet Yanukovych now.
21:56
18.2.2014
Protesters are reported to be storming government buildings in several western Ukrainian cities. This picture is reported to be of the central police headquarters in Ternopol.
21:54
18.2.2014
Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs now reporting six police officers have been killed.
21:45
18.2.2014
Yanukovych's spokeswoman, Hanna Herman, speaking to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, says there will be no further negotations until the violence stops:
"Negotiations will only take take place when the violent methods stop, when the opposition gets its armed people off the street and when calm comes back to the country. Then it will be necessary to sit at the negotiating table."
"Negotiations will only take take place when the violent methods stop, when the opposition gets its armed people off the street and when calm comes back to the country. Then it will be necessary to sit at the negotiating table."
21:06
18.2.2014
Ukrainian authorities say they will block all access into Kyiv beginning at midnight to "ensure the safety of citizens and public order."
"These actions are caused by the need to normalize the situation in the country, to prevent loss of life and damage to property."
Meanwhile, the far-right Pravy Sektor provides a map apparently outlining how to avoid the cordon.
"These actions are caused by the need to normalize the situation in the country, to prevent loss of life and damage to property."
Meanwhile, the far-right Pravy Sektor provides a map apparently outlining how to avoid the cordon.
21:05
18.2.2014
Rinat Akhmetov, a Donetsk-based businessman, and Ukraine's richest oligarch has issued a statement calling for an end to the bloodshed:
"Peaceful citizens must not suffer in any situation." he says. "This must be the main objective for the government, the opposition and all conflicting parties. Human losses and injuries suffered by protesters and law-enforcers during street clashes is an unacceptable price for political mistakes."
"Peaceful citizens must not suffer in any situation." he says. "This must be the main objective for the government, the opposition and all conflicting parties. Human losses and injuries suffered by protesters and law-enforcers during street clashes is an unacceptable price for political mistakes."
20:27
18.2.2014
20:14
18.2.2014
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20:10
18.2.2014