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| Ukraine police storm Kiev protest barricades | Ukraine police storm Kiev protest barricades |
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| Clashes have broken out in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, as police stormed barricades in a protest area. | Clashes have broken out in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, as police stormed barricades in a protest area. |
| At least one person has been shot dead, says a BBC correspondent in the city. | At least one person has been shot dead, says a BBC correspondent in the city. |
| Protests have been staged in Kiev since late November, in anger at the government's rejection of a planned treaty with the EU in favour of Moscow. | |
| Prime Minister Mykola Azarov had warned that police would use force if the unrest seen on the fringes of the protest in recent days continued. | Prime Minister Mykola Azarov had warned that police would use force if the unrest seen on the fringes of the protest in recent days continued. |
| The violence has been restricted to a small area around Hrushevskyy Street, close to the main protest encampment at Maidan (or Independence Square), with most of the rest of the city functioning normally, say correspondents. | The violence has been restricted to a small area around Hrushevskyy Street, close to the main protest encampment at Maidan (or Independence Square), with most of the rest of the city functioning normally, say correspondents. |
| Hundreds of people have been injured during two nights of clashes, though peaceful protesters have blamed a little-known far-right group, Right Sector, for carrying out the violence. | Hundreds of people have been injured during two nights of clashes, though peaceful protesters have blamed a little-known far-right group, Right Sector, for carrying out the violence. |
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| Mr Azarov told state broadcaster Russia 24 late on Tuesday: "If the provocateurs do not stop, then the authorities will have no other choice but to use force under the law to protect our people." | Mr Azarov told state broadcaster Russia 24 late on Tuesday: "If the provocateurs do not stop, then the authorities will have no other choice but to use force under the law to protect our people." |
| Shortly after 0600 GMT on Wednesday - after a relatively peaceful night - police stormed protesters' barricades on Hrushevskyy Street. | |
| Fresh clashes broke out as police arrested protesters, amid heavy snowfall. | |
| Protesters could be seen on live TV coverage throwing rocks and fireworks towards police. At least one police officer threw a firebomb towards a burned bus. | |
| Officials have confirmed that one person was killed and said it was not yet clear how. | |
| Many of the protesters wore red helmets, in defiance of the news laws which ban protective head gear and masks at protests. | Many of the protesters wore red helmets, in defiance of the news laws which ban protective head gear and masks at protests. |
| The laws also prescribe jail terms for anyone blockading public buildings, and outlaw unauthorised tents in public areas. | The laws also prescribe jail terms for anyone blockading public buildings, and outlaw unauthorised tents in public areas. |
| The BBC's Duncan Crawford in Kiev says police have now fallen back and protesters are returning to the square. | |
| The stand-off is continuing, he said, with the potential for further violence later in the day. |