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Dozens of riot police have moved into the centre of the Ukrainian capital, where opposition activists have been occupying a city administration building and a central square. | |
Regional police said buses carried interior troops [uniformed force similar to gendarmerie] to Kiev on Monday, where thousands of protesters were blocking entrances to key government buildings and have seized city hall. | |
Police also sealed the entrances to a metro station near city hall. Police said there had been a bomb threat, the Russian news agency Interfax said. | |
President Viktor Yanukovych has faced weeks of protests after shelving a treaty with the European Union last month to focus on ties with Moscow. A rally on Sunday drew hundreds of thousands of protesters calling for him to quit. A statue of Lenin was toppled during the rally. | |
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