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12:59 , 19 փետրվար, 2014

Deadly: Smoke streams from the centre of the protest camp in Kievs Independence Square after a surge by riot police who set tents alightTert.am-ը գրում է.

Ուկրաինայի մայրաքաղաք Կիևի կենտրոնում երեկվանից վերսկսվել են արյունալի բախումները «Եվրամայդանի» ակտիվիստների ու իրավապահների միջև, ինչի հետևանքով գրանցվել է 25 զոհ, իսկ 300-ից ավելի մարդ տարբեր աստիճանի վնասվածքներ է ստացել։

Բախումները հանգեցրել են զանգվածային քաոսի. ամենուր կարելի է տեսնել այրվող մեքենաներ ու ջարդուփշուր եղած շինություններ։

Deadly: Smoke streams from the centre of the protest camp in Kievs Independence Square after a surge by riot police who set tents alight

Unrest: A general view shows clashes at Independence Square in Kiev. Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying the central Kiev square early on Wednesday after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence.

Monuments to Kievs founders burn as anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Kievs Independence Square. Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons attacked the large opposition camp in Ukraines capital on Tuesday that has been the centre of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes.

Darkness: Anti-government protesters take cover behind shields during clashes with riot police at Independence Square

Hell on Earth: Anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Independence Square, known as Maidan, on Wednesday in Kiev, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union.

Explosion: A firework exploded in the middle of the square. Police have begun trying to push back anti-government demonstrators

The violent clashes carried on into the evening. Thousands of officers armed with stun guns and water cannons attacked an opposition camp earlier in the day

Protest: Anti-government demonstrators guard the perimeter of Independence Square, known as Maidan, in Kiev, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union.

Terrified: A anti-government protester is engulfed in flames while running from the scene in Kievs Independence Square

Fired up: After several weeks of calm in Kiev, Ukraine, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union.

Bleak scenes: Hundreds of riot police, armed with large shields, surround the protest camp in Independence Square. Many of the protestors tents were set alight

As darkness fell, the fires still raged in the Ukrainian capital as the violence continued

Heavily armed: Officers had rifles aimed and ready behind improvised barricades in the square

Line of defence: Shields up, a group of riot policemen approach the protestors

Victims: Two dead bodies lay covered on the ground as the clashes between police and anti-government protestors intensifies

Cornered: Wounded protesters are detained by riot police away from the scene, despite the fact they are covered in blood and badly injured

Treatment: Interior Ministry members lean against a kiosk with bandages wrapped around their injured heads

Defiance: Protestors stand in the middle of a street that has been ravaged by fire

Child: A young anti-government protestor dons makeshift armour as he walks in front of cars that have been set alight

An anti-government protester prepares to throw a Molotov cocktail during clashes with riot police outside Ukraines parliament in Kiev

Support: An injured man is helped by anti-government protestors during the violent clashes

Siege: Riot police encircle the camp constructed by the protesters around three months ago

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