New from VICE:
Interesting Kyiv Post piece on the Right Sector splinter group, which has members camped out now in downtown Kyiv.
The big news from overnight:
In Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, an office of the Russian Sberbank was torched late on February 21 shortly after would-be arsonists failed to set ablaze another Sberbank office in Lviv.
Lviv's local ZIK television channel reported that unidentified persons threw makeshift firebombs made from metal canisters at the bank offices.
One Sberbank office was engulfed in flames, while fire at the other was quickly extinguished by firefighters.
The attacks came a day after Ukrainian nationalists, celebrating the second anniverary of protests that ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, stormed the Kyiv offices of two Russian banks – smashing the windows and ransacking furniture and equipment inside.
Yanukovych fled Kyiv on February 21, 2014.
Parliament voted to formally remove him from office on February 22, 2014.
But political tensions have risen in Ukraine in recent weeks amid growing disenchantment with Kyiv’s pro-Western government over the slow pace of reforms.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on February 16, after President Petro Poroshenko called for his resignation "to restore trust" in the government.
This ends our live blogging for February 21. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.
Our wrap of today's nationalist rally:
Up to 1,000 Ukrainian nationalists have rallied in central Kyiv to demand the ouster of the government.
The demonstrators set up six tents on Independence Square on February 21, saying they plan to stay there all night.
On February 20, nationalists threw rocks through the windows at the offices of two Russian banks in Kyiv and ransacked furniture and equipment inside.
The police, who did not intervene, said a criminal case had been opened over the incident.
The attack took place as thousands attended ceremonies marking the second anniversary of protests that brought down Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych Union.
Political tensions have risen in Ukraine in recent weeks amid growing public disenchantment with the pro-Western government over a lack of progress on reforms.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on February 16, after President Petro Poroshenko called on him to resign "in order to restore trust" in the government. (AP, TASS, Interfax)