At least 25 dead in clashes
Smoke and fires continue to burn in the Ukraine capital Kiev at daybreak Wednesday after a night of heavy clashes between police and demonstrators.
The Ukraine Health Ministry said in a statement 25 people have been killed in clashes so far.
Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square in the former Soviet republic which is caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West.
Alarmed Western governments demanded restraint and dialogue, urging President Yanukovich to pull back government forces and exercise maximum restraint.
The Ukraine Health Ministry said in a statement 25 people have been killed in clashes so far.
Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square in the former Soviet republic which is caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West.
Alarmed Western governments demanded restraint and dialogue, urging President Yanukovich to pull back government forces and exercise maximum restraint.
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