• Protesters ousted special police forces from a flashpoint building in the city after storming the premises in new clashes. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
    Protesters ousted special police forces from a flashpoint building in the city after storming the premises in new clashes. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
  • Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. Alexey Furman / EPA
    Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. Alexey Furman / EPA
  • Vitali Klitschko, leader of the opposition political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, walks behind the stage after speaking to the crowd of anti-government protesters on Independence Square. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
    Vitali Klitschko, leader of the opposition political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, walks behind the stage after speaking to the crowd of anti-government protesters on Independence Square. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
  • Protesters gather on Hrushevskoho Street near Dynamo stadium. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
    Protesters gather on Hrushevskoho Street near Dynamo stadium. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
  • Protesters had wanted to blockade the security forces inside and then exchange them for activists taken prisoner during Ukraine’s political crisis. Konstantin Chernichkin / Reuters
    Protesters had wanted to blockade the security forces inside and then exchange them for activists taken prisoner during Ukraine’s political crisis. Konstantin Chernichkin / Reuters
  • An Orthodox priest prays between police and protestors. Rob Stothard / Getty Images
    An Orthodox priest prays between police and protestors. Rob Stothard / Getty Images
  • Ukraine has been convulsed by protests led by pro-European activists incensed that President Viktor Yanukovych opted against an association agreement with the European Union in November, choosing closer relations with Russia instead. Roman Piliphy / EPA
    Ukraine has been convulsed by protests led by pro-European activists incensed that President Viktor Yanukovych opted against an association agreement with the European Union in November, choosing closer relations with Russia instead. Roman Piliphy / EPA
  • Television pictures showed that hundreds of protesters were still at the scene but the situation was calm. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
    Television pictures showed that hundreds of protesters were still at the scene but the situation was calm. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
  • Protesters attack a government building in central Kiev. Sergei Grits / AP Photo
    Protesters attack a government building in central Kiev. Sergei Grits / AP Photo
  • Anti-government protesters gather along barricades on Hrushevskoho Street. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
    Anti-government protesters gather along barricades on Hrushevskoho Street. Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
  • “The task has been accomplished. The Ukranian House has been taken without bloodshed,” the Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted Vitaly Klitschko as saying. Osman Karimov / AP Photo
    “The task has been accomplished. The Ukranian House has been taken without bloodshed,” the Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted Vitaly Klitschko as saying. Osman Karimov / AP Photo
  • The overnight clashes at the Ukrainian House came after opposition leaders vowed to keep up protests despite an offer of concessions by President Viktor Yanukovych to end the crisis. Efrem Lukatsky / AP Photo
    The overnight clashes at the Ukrainian House came after opposition leaders vowed to keep up protests despite an offer of concessions by President Viktor Yanukovych to end the crisis. Efrem Lukatsky / AP Photo

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In pictures: Protesters storm Ukrainian House in central Kiev

Mark Asquith

January 26, 2014

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Protesters in the Ukrainian capital Kiev Sunday ousted special police forces from a flashpoint building in the city after storming the premises in new clashes, officials said.

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