The clashes, the worst in Kiev in recent times, came amid mounting anger over new restrictions on protests imposed by Yanukovych after almost two months of demonstrations against his refusal to sign a pact for integration with the EU. A special commission set up by Yanukovych was due Monday to meet representatives of the opposition for emergency talks but it was unclear if this could in any way help ease the crisis, with parts of central Kiev resembling a battlefield.
After a night of violence that continued into the early hours, hundreds of protesters remained on the streets on Monday morning having spent the night in temperatures of -10 degree Celsius.
The situation remained tense with protesters launching occasional sorties at the police line to throw stones or Molotov cocktails and their numbers again increasing.
‘We are going to stay here until our demands are met on the annulment of the laws’ restricting protests, said protesters Yaroslav Pyutilin, 46.
In near-apocalyptic scenes close to parliament, several police buses and vehicles were torched late on Sunday by the protesters who hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at the ranks of the security forces.
After a night of violence that continued into the early hours, hundreds of protesters remained on the streets on Monday morning having spent the night in temperatures of -10 degree Celsius.
The situation remained tense with protesters launching occasional sorties at the police line to throw stones or Molotov cocktails and their numbers again increasing.
‘We are going to stay here until our demands are met on the annulment of the laws’ restricting protests, said protesters Yaroslav Pyutilin, 46.
In near-apocalyptic scenes close to parliament, several police buses and vehicles were torched late on Sunday by the protesters who hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at the ranks of the security forces.