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Photos: Kiev protests turn deadly

February 21, 2014 1:07PM ET

Clashes with police lead to fatalities in the latest round of the months-long protest

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A protester stands behind a barricade, as security forces retreat from Indepedence Square after several days of fatalities, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
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Police leave their position around the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev on Friday after the country’s deputy army chief resigned in protest over government attempts to involve the army to put down the unrest rocking Ukraine. Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images
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Interior Ministry police who have joined anti-government protesters walk through Independence Square on Friday. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
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Protesters build a barricade. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
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An anti-government protester sits in a car built into a barricade. Baz Ratner/Reuters
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Anti-government protesters sleep in City Hall. Baz Ratner/Reuters
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A priest in the Hotel Ukraine on Thursday near bodies of anti-government protesters killed during the clashes with riot police. David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
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Activists mourn protesters killed in clashes with police in Kiev. More than 50 people have been killed over the last two days in the protest. Laszlo Beliczay/EPA
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Anti-government protesters carry a man injured during the clashes. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images
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An injured man struggles to breathe as he is carried on a stretcher by anti-government protesters. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
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The protests grew violent despite a truce agreed to between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images
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Protesters advance to new positions in the confrontations. Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images
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Anti-government protesters prepare Molotov cocktails. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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An anti-government protester waves the national flag from the top of a statue during the fighting. Reuters
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Anti-government protesters form a human line before advancing. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images
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A protester carrying food for demonstrators pauses for a photographer. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
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Ukrainian riot police in front of the fire ring around Independence Square in Kiev on Wednesday, a day when more than two dozen were killed. Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
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Fireworks explode near anti-government protesters on Tuesday night. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Policemen try to avoid flames from Molotov cocktails during the clashes. Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images
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Smoke from exploding fireworks and fires billows into the night from Independence Square. Igor Kovalenko/EPA
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Riot police officers spray anti-government protesters in Independence Square with water. Olga Yakimovich/Reuters
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Protesters clash with riot police. Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
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Anti-government protesters fight with police in front of the Ukrainian parliament. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
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An anti-government protester breaks paving stones to use as projectiles. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Protesters throw rocks at the police near the Ukrainian parliament. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
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Anti-government protesters use a sling to fire objects toward Interior Ministry troops and riot police. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Anti-government protesters take cover behind shields and launch a crude firebomb during clashes with Interior Ministry troops. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Government security forces take cover behind shields. Vlad Sodel/Reuters
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Security officers aid a colleague injured during the clashes. Reuters
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Two wounded protesters and a police officer. Vlad Sodel/Reuters
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A bullet used by the riot police lies near splattered blood. Alexey Furman/EPA
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Protesters force their way into the main office of the ruling Ukrainian Party of Regions. Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA
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A protester setting a fire in a Party of Regions office. Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA
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An auditorium inside the Trade Unions Building, which has served as the de facto headquarters for the anti-government protest movement, fills with smoke and flames as the building burns. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
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Anti-government protesters receive medical treatment inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral. Maks Levin/Reuters
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Protesters rest inside Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral, which is serving as a temporary shelter and a first-aid post. David Mdzinarishivili/Reuters

 

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