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| Ukraine Kiev protest blast wounds 100 police after MPs vote | |
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| One hundred policemen protecting Ukraine's parliament were wounded, 10 seriously, after MPs gave initial backing to reforms for more autonomy in the rebel-held east, officials say. | |
| As police were pelted with fire crackers and petrol bombs, an explosion was heard in front of parliament. | |
| MPs had just voted in a rowdy session 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. |
| Pushing through greater autonomy for the rebel-held areas is a key part of the Minsk deal, originally signed in February. | Pushing through greater autonomy for the rebel-held areas is a key part of the Minsk deal, originally signed in February. |
| During the summer fighting between Ukrainian army forces and the rebels has escalated. But the two sides agreed last week to halt the violence on 1 September, the day children in the region return to school. | During the summer fighting between Ukrainian army forces and the rebels has escalated. But the two sides agreed last week to halt the 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. | 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. | "Violations have become the norm," he told Swiss media. |
| Loud explosion | Loud explosion |
| Shortly after 265 MPs backed the first reading of the decentralisation bill in the Ukrainian parliament, the Rada, the protests outside parliament became more intense. | Shortly after 265 MPs backed the first reading of the decentralisation bill in the Ukrainian parliament, the Rada, the protests outside parliament became more intense. |
| A missile was hurled from the crowd of demonstrators, many of whom were carrying banners supporting ultra-nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) party. | A missile was hurled from the crowd of demonstrators, many of whom were carrying banners supporting ultra-nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) party. |
| A loud explosion rang out and an AFP reporter described seeing several people covered in blood. | A loud explosion rang out and an AFP reporter described seeing several people covered in blood. |
| One policeman's leg was torn off below the knee, Interfax Ukraine reported. | One policeman's leg was torn off below the knee, Interfax Ukraine reported. |
| Journalists who had been covering the developments were also among the wounded. | Journalists who had been covering the developments were also among the wounded. |
| Almost 7,000 people have died since the conflict in eastern Ukraine broke out in March 2014, after Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. | Almost 7,000 people have died since the conflict in eastern Ukraine broke out in March 2014, after Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. |
| Under the draft constitutional changes going through parliament, there will be a special law covering local government in rebel-held areas. However, parliament speaker Volodymyr Hroysman was adamant that would not mean special status for Donetsk and Luhansk, which rebel leaders have declared republics. | Under the draft constitutional changes going through parliament, there will be a special law covering local government in rebel-held areas. However, parliament speaker Volodymyr Hroysman was adamant that would not mean special status for Donetsk and Luhansk, which rebel leaders have declared republics. |
| If President Petro Poroshenko is to succeed in pushing through the reforms, he will need the support of 300 of the Rada's 450 MPs, seen as a tall order for the Ukrainian leader. | If President Petro Poroshenko is to succeed in pushing through the reforms, he will need the support of 300 of the Rada's 450 MPs, seen as a tall order for the Ukrainian leader. |