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Kiev

Kiev. February 19, 2014. Kiev, February 19, 2014. Anti-government protestors remain defiant. Kiev, February 19, 2014. Kiev streets are burning. Kiev, February 19, 2014. Fireworks amid the violence. Kiev, February 19, 2014. Protestors use rocks, slingshots, catapults and Molotov cocktails.

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Kiev

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  1. Kiev February 19, 2014

  2. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Anti-government protestors remain defiant

  3. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Kiev streets are burning

  4. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Fireworks amid the violence

  5. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Protestors use rocks, slingshots, catapults and Molotov cocktails

  6. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Molotov cocktails : crude but effective

  7. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Molotov cocktails : there appears to be a steady supply

  8. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Molotov cocktails : they need to be thrown fast so they don’t blow up in someone’s hand

  9. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Anti-government protestors clash with riot police outside Ukraine’s parliament

  10. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Special forces known as ‘Berkut’, first formed in 1988 as part of the Soviet OMON (Special Purpose Police Unit), a vicious riot police and paramilitary force

  11. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Countrymen

  12. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Hundreds are injured...

  13. Kiev, February 19, 2014 ...treated in makeshift hospitals, like this one in St. Michael’s cathedral

  14. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Riot police use ancient military tactics and shields to defend themselves

  15. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Protestors protect themselves behind anything they can

  16. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Nothing has deterred the flames...

  17. Kiev, February 19, 2014 ...As both sides can attest

  18. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Tuesday’s protests escalated after the Ukraine government gave the protestors an ultimatum to disperse or face “tough measures”.

  19. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Riot police stormed the square and took over about a third of it overnight.

  20. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Water cannons put out fires while tear gas and stun grenades were used on protestors

  21. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Protestors held their own through the morning

  22. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Reinforcements poured into a smoldering Maidan

  23. Kiev, February 19, 2014 Independence Square remains a warzone

  24. Kiev, February 19, 2014 The struggle for Ukraine continues

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