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| Ukraine police hurt in Kiev clashes over autonomy deal | |
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| Clashes have erupted between protesters and police in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, as MPs gave their initial backing to reforms for greater autonomy in the disputed east of the country. | Clashes have erupted between protesters and police in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, as MPs gave their initial backing to reforms for greater autonomy in the disputed east of the country. |
| At least 10 police were hurt in the violence when demonstrators tried to break down the fence around parliament. | |
| During a noisy session of Ukraine's parliament, MPs voted to approve more powers in areas of Donetsk and Luhansk under control of pro-Russian rebels. | During a noisy session of Ukraine's parliament, MPs voted to approve more powers in areas of Donetsk and Luhansk under control of pro-Russian rebels. |
| A fragile ceasefire is in place. | A fragile ceasefire is in place. |
| The rebels and Ukrainian forces agreed last week to bring an end to the escalation of violence on 1 September, the day children in the region return to school. | The rebels and Ukrainian forces agreed last week to bring an end to the escalation of violence on 1 September, the day children in the region return to school. |
| Although the number of ceasefire violations appears to have fallen in recent days, a senior official in the OSCE international monitoring mission in Ukraine, Alexander Hug, warned that neither side was respecting the truce. "Violations have become the norm," he told Swiss media. | |
| An AFP reporter described seeing around a dozen people, several covered in blood, after a loud explosion rang out near the Ukrainian parliament, the Rada. | |
| A short time before, 265 MPs had backed the first reading of the decentralisation bill. | |
| Pushing through greater autonomy for the rebel-held areas is a key part of the Minsk deal, originally signed in February. |