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Berlin, Paris summon Ukraine ambassador over protest response

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:32

Germany, France and other European countries said they summoned Ukrainian ambassador in their capitals to protest Kiev`s response to pro-EU protests in which activists say five people have died.

Ukrainian protesters occupy government buildings

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 21:35

Protesters seized a government building in the Ukrainian capital while also maintaining their siege of several governors` offices in the country`s west, raising the pressure on the government.

Germany summons Ukraine ambassador over protest response

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 21:15

Germany on Friday summoned the Ukrainian ambassador over Kiev`s response to five days of pro-EU protests in which activists say five people have died in clashes with security forces.

Ukraine protesters seize building, put up more barricades

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 16:20

Ukrainian protesters erected more street barricades and occupied a government ministry building on Friday, fuelling tension after the failure of crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich.

Ukraine`s Yanukovich spurns opposition, more barricades go up

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 06:04

Ukrainian anti-government protesters erected more street barricades in the capital Kiev early on Friday after opposition leaders emerged empty-handed from talks with President Viktor Yanukovich that were aimed at defusing two months of unrest.

`High` chance of halting Ukraine bloodshed: Opposition leader

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 04:35

There is a "high" chance of finding a solution to end the bloodshed in Ukraine, the leader of the opposition Fatherland party, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, said after talks with President Viktor Yanukovych.

Outrage after Ukraine policeman filmed abusing naked protester

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 02:25

A member of Ukraine`s elite Berkut riot police force assaulted and humiliated a naked protester after he was detained in freezing cold temperatures in Kiev, according to a video posted Thursday.

Tensions in Ukraine spread to second major city

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 23:59

Tensions in Ukraine spread far from its embattled capital as hundreds of people in the city of Lviv stormed into the regional governor`s office and forced him to write a letter of resignation.

Ukraine PM takes hard line on protests, opposition meets President

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 18:55

Ukraine`s prime minister denounced anti-government protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President Viktor Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders.

Ukraine protests: Medic say 3 protesters die during protest

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 17:37

Three protesters have died in clashes with police in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday, according to medics on the site, a grim escalation of the country`s two-month-long political crisis.

Police disperse Kiev protest, activists say one shot dead

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 12:29

Ukrainian police on Wednesday broke through the barricades built by protesters at the scene of clashes in Kiev as activists said that one person had been shot dead by police.

Opposition hopes for talks amid Kiev clashes

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:35

A top opposition leader headed for talks with the Ukrainian President after yet another night of violent street clashes between anti-government protesters and police.