• Riot police charge protesters occupying Independence Square on Wednesday, the bloodiest day in the Ukrainian capital since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    Riot police charge protesters occupying Independence Square on Wednesday, the bloodiest day in the Ukrainian capital since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • The protests began in November after the president, Viktor Yanukovich, rejected a deal with the European Union. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    The protests began in November after the president, Viktor Yanukovich, rejected a deal with the European Union. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • About 10,000 people remained on the square on Wednesday as piles of rubber tires continued to burn. Vasily Fedosenko/ Reuters
    About 10,000 people remained on the square on Wednesday as piles of rubber tires continued to burn. Vasily Fedosenko/ Reuters
  • Protesters sleep inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St Michael’s cathedral) in Kiev. Maks Levin / Reuters
    Protesters sleep inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St Michael’s cathedral) in Kiev. Maks Levin / Reuters
  • The violence began Tuesday when protesters attacked police lines and set fires outside parliament. Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA
    The violence began Tuesday when protesters attacked police lines and set fires outside parliament. Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA
  • Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a trade union building in central Kiev. Maks Levin / Reuters
    Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a trade union building in central Kiev. Maks Levin / Reuters
  • Anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Independence Square. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
    Anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Independence Square. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
  • Police used loudspeakers to urge women and children to leave the square because an “anti-terrorist” operation was under way. Sergei Supinsky / AFP photo
    Police used loudspeakers to urge women and children to leave the square because an “anti-terrorist” operation was under way. Sergei Supinsky / AFP photo
  • Riot police fought protesters occupying the central Kiev square. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    Riot police fought protesters occupying the central Kiev square. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • Protesters receive medical treatment inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral. Maks Levin / Reuters
    Protesters receive medical treatment inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral. Maks Levin / Reuters
  • The protesters are calling for the president, Viktor Yanukovich, to resign over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
    The protesters are calling for the president, Viktor Yanukovich, to resign over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
  • Anti-government protesters gather near a fire during clashes with security forces. Maks Levin / Reuters
    Anti-government protesters gather near a fire during clashes with security forces. Maks Levin / Reuters
  • Anti-government protesters look out from barricades during clashes with riot police in Independence Square. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
    Anti-government protesters look out from barricades during clashes with riot police in Independence Square. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters
  • Police moved against the demonstrators with water cannons and rubber bullets after the interior ministry and the Ukrainian Security Service issued an ultimatum, saying that they would take “all legal measures to restore order”. Alexey Furman / EPA
    Police moved against the demonstrators with water cannons and rubber bullets after the interior ministry and the Ukrainian Security Service issued an ultimatum, saying that they would take “all legal measures to restore order”. Alexey Furman / EPA

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In pictures: Kiev consumed by chaos

Brian Kerrigan

February 19, 2014

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Violence has flared between anti-government protesters and police in Kiev with at least 25 deaths reported.

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