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Thousands of angry anti-government demonstrators clashed with police outside Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday leaving four dead. A deadline of 6 p.m. has been set for protesters to stop confrontations or authorities say they will restore order. (Feb. 18)
Thousands of angry anti-government demonstrators clashed with police outside Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday, and three of them were killed in the new eruption of violence, the opposition said.
One other person was found dead after a...
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Demonstrators hold police at bay as opposition issues 24 hour ultimatum
Demonstrators in the Ukrainian capital Kiev continued to burn barricades into the early hours of Thursday morning as opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to the government.
They're calling on President Viktor Yanukovych to call...
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Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko released from prison
Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison on Saturday.
On Friday the Ukrainian parliament decided to decriminalise the charge which led to her imprisonment and led to...
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Flames and smoke as burning barricades light up the night sky
Protesters in Kiev have continued to burn their barricades through Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday morning.
Huge fireballs lit up the night sky in central Kiev and plumes of thick black smoke rose from burning tyres at...
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A medic for anti-government demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine says three demonstrators died following overnight clashes with police. The medic says one demonstrator died after falling from a high place during the clashes. (Jan. 22)
Three protesters have died in clashes with police in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv today, according to a medic for the protesters.
Oleh Musiy, co-ordinator of the medical corps for the anti-government protesters, told The Associated...
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4:3 Clashes between Pro-Russians and government supporters in Odessa
Clashes broke out late on Friday between pro-Russians and government supporters in Odessa, a Black Sea coast port some 550 kilometres (330 miles) from the turmoil in the east of Ukraine.
Until now, Odessa has remained largely untroubled...
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Hospital where former PM Tymoshenko is staying after parliament votes to free her
In a fast-moving day that aimed to reshape Ukraine's political destiny, opposition leaders reached a deal Friday with the country's beleaguered president to form a new government and hold an early election, while parliament slashed his...
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Police fire rubber bullets at protesters, protesters hit with batons
1. Close of police firing rubber bullets at protesters as they flee
2. Wide of police officers chasing demonstrators and firing rubber bullets
3. Mid of injured man laying on ground as medics rush to treat him
4. Wide of injured man...
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Anti-government protesters take over prosecutor's office in tense city
Anti-government demonstrators in a major eastern Ukraine city stormed and took over the regional prosecutor's office on Thursday as evidence mounts that authorities are losing control over swaths of the country.
A row of several dozen...
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President Yanukovych meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
Embattled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday.
Yanukovych was received by Chinese President Xi Jinping with a welcoming ceremony held in the Great Hall of the...
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Clashes continued through the night in Kiev, as anti-government protesters kept barricades burning in the capital to fend off security forces. The opposition has set a 24-hour deadline for President Viktor Yanukovych to call early elections. (Jan. 22)
Clashes continued through the night into early Thursday morning in Kiev, as anti-government protesters kept barricades burning in the capital to fend off security forces.
Thick black smoke from the burning tires filled the streets as...
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Protesters in central square demand resignation of government and president
Demonstrators in Ukraine have vowed to stage round the clock protests in the capital Kiev, demanding the resignation of the government and the president.
Tents have been put in Independence Square to shelter those who will be spending...
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Yulia Tymoshenko pays tribute to those who lost their lives during the protests
Ukraine's former prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday paid tribute to protesters and police officers who lost their lives during a week of violent clashes in the capital Kiev.
Bowing her head in front of a...
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At least two protesters killed in clashes as police try to dismantle burning barricades
Clashes continued into the evening in the Ukrainian capital as protesters continued to gather despite heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures on Wednesday.
Protesters created a barricade of burning tyres in the street, and kept it going...
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Pro-Russians set steps of government building ablaze in Ukraine's second city
Pro-Russian protesters set tyres and plastic barriers on fire in front of the regional assembly building in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Monday night.
The building was seized by separatists after demonstrations on Sunday but the...
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Ukraine - Former Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, charged with abusing power during her time in office
On July 1st 2011 former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was in court for her trial on charges of abusing power during her time in office.
Tymoshenko, 50, told reporters she was being spied on, and that her phone was...
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Head of Crimea's government Aksyonov one of first to vote in poll on region's future
Residents of Ukraine's Crimea region are voting in a contentious referendum on whether to split off and seek annexation by Russia.
One of the first to vote was the head of Crimea's unrecognised Russian-backed government Sergei Aksyonov....
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Crowd storms state prosecutor's office in tense eastern city
Anti-government demonstrators in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk stormed the local prosecutor's office on Thursday.
Riot police fired stun grenades as the protesters moved on the building, throwing rocks, but some demonstrators...
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Unidentified gunmen remain outside Crimea's main airport on Friday night
Unidentified gunmen remained outside Crimea's main airport in Simferopol into the night on Friday.
The sudden arrival of men in military uniform patrolling key strategic facilities has prompted Ukraine to accuse Russia of "military...
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Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison on Saturday. (Feb. 22)
Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison on Saturday.
On Friday the Ukrainian parliament decided to decriminalize the charge which led to her imprisonment and led to...
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Secretary of State Kerry arrives to show support for fledgling government
Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Kiev on Tuesday to show US support for the fledgling Ukraine government, as the Obama administration announced a one billion (b) US dollar energy subsidy package.
Kerry arrived as the Ukraine...
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Thousands of protesters follow coffin of activist killed in clashes
Thousands of Ukrainians marched through the streets of Kiev on Sunday, carrying the coffin of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, an anti-government protester who died in clashes with police on Wednesday.
Pall bearers, their faces covered with...
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Pro-Russian demonstrators confront Ukrainian riot police in front of regional govt building
Hundreds of pro-Russia demonstrators tussled with police in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday, following a day of disruption in major cities across the region.
Demonstrators stormed government buildings in various cities where...
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Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kiev Tuesday to show support for the country's government. Kerry touched down as the U.S. announced a $1 billion aid package to Ukraine amid worries that Moscow would extend its military reach. (March 4)
Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Kiev Tuesday to show U.S. support for the fledgling Ukraine government, and the Obama administration announced with his arrival a $1 billion energy subsidy package.
The fast-moving developments came...