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| KIEV, Ukraine — After a day of diplomatic and economic maneuvering in the tug of war between Russia and the West for Ukraine’s future, the action returned on Tuesday to the streets of the Ukrainian capital, where protesters and the police resumed clashes after a nearly monthlong lull. | KIEV, Ukraine — After a day of diplomatic and economic maneuvering in the tug of war between Russia and the West for Ukraine’s future, the action returned on Tuesday to the streets of the Ukrainian capital, where protesters and the police resumed clashes after a nearly monthlong lull. |
| Protest activists quoted by The Associated Press said three demonstrators had been killed. | |
| The fighting broke out on streets near the Parliament building a day after Russia threw a new financial lifeline to the government of President Viktor F. Yanukovych by buying $2 billion in Ukrainian government bonds. | The fighting broke out on streets near the Parliament building a day after Russia threw a new financial lifeline to the government of President Viktor F. Yanukovych by buying $2 billion in Ukrainian government bonds. |
| The Russian aid signaled confidence from the Kremlin that important votes in Parliament expected this week to amend the Constitution and form a new cabinet will go in Russia’s favor. | The Russian aid signaled confidence from the Kremlin that important votes in Parliament expected this week to amend the Constitution and form a new cabinet will go in Russia’s favor. |
| The Russian aid also highlighted the absence of any clear promise of financial aid from the European Union or the United States, which have supported the opposition in Ukraine. Russia’s finance minister announced the resumption of lending on Monday as two opposition leaders, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, a former foreign minister, and Vitali Klitschko, a former boxing champion, met in Germany with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Russia had earlier frozen the aid because of political disarray in Kiev, the capital. | The Russian aid also highlighted the absence of any clear promise of financial aid from the European Union or the United States, which have supported the opposition in Ukraine. Russia’s finance minister announced the resumption of lending on Monday as two opposition leaders, Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, a former foreign minister, and Vitali Klitschko, a former boxing champion, met in Germany with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Russia had earlier frozen the aid because of political disarray in Kiev, the capital. |
| The sun had barely risen over Kiev on Tuesday morning when black smoke started wafting up again over barricades near the Parliament building as protesters set alight piles of tires. | The sun had barely risen over Kiev on Tuesday morning when black smoke started wafting up again over barricades near the Parliament building as protesters set alight piles of tires. |
| Demonstrators who on Sunday had cleared a gate in a symbolically important barricade and had vacated Kiev’s City Hall on Tuesday were again fighting with riot police officers on a back street near the Parliament, called the Verkhovna Rada. Local television reported an unspecified numbers of injuries. | Demonstrators who on Sunday had cleared a gate in a symbolically important barricade and had vacated Kiev’s City Hall on Tuesday were again fighting with riot police officers on a back street near the Parliament, called the Verkhovna Rada. Local television reported an unspecified numbers of injuries. |
| Inside, opposition members of Parliament stood in the rostrum to physically block voting. | Inside, opposition members of Parliament stood in the rostrum to physically block voting. |
| The speaker, who belongs to a pro-government party, had earlier declined to put to a vote the opposition’s proposal to amend the Constitution as a resolution to the nearly three-month standoff. The amendments would restore an earlier version of the Constitution and weaken the power of the president. | The speaker, who belongs to a pro-government party, had earlier declined to put to a vote the opposition’s proposal to amend the Constitution as a resolution to the nearly three-month standoff. The amendments would restore an earlier version of the Constitution and weaken the power of the president. |
| Mr. Yanukovych negotiated a $15 billion loan with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in December, and Ukraine received a first segment of this soon afterward when Russia purchased Ukrainian bonds worth $3 billion. But Russia suspended further payments last month after violent clashes broke out in Kiev and the pro-Russian prime minister resigned. | Mr. Yanukovych negotiated a $15 billion loan with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in December, and Ukraine received a first segment of this soon afterward when Russia purchased Ukrainian bonds worth $3 billion. But Russia suspended further payments last month after violent clashes broke out in Kiev and the pro-Russian prime minister resigned. |