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| Ukraine death toll rises to 22 as EU talks under way | |
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| At least 22 people have died in renewed clashes between protesters and police in central Kiev after a truce agreed on Wednesday broke down, eyewitnesses say. | |
| Witnesses reported live rounds, petrol bombs and water cannon at the main protest site, Independence Square. | Witnesses reported live rounds, petrol bombs and water cannon at the main protest site, Independence Square. |
| A meeting between EU foreign ministers and President Viktor Yanukovych is now under way, officials say, contradicting earlier reports that the ministers had flown out without seeing him. | A meeting between EU foreign ministers and President Viktor Yanukovych is now under way, officials say, contradicting earlier reports that the ministers had flown out without seeing him. |
| The EU will discuss sanctions later. | The EU will discuss sanctions later. |
| Eyewitnesses have told international news agencies that they have counted between 21 and 27 protesters' bodies. | |
| One policeman was also killed, officials said. | |
| There are 12 bodies in a makeshift mortuary in the lobby of the Hotel Ukraine, a medical worker there has told the BBC. | |
| The hotel is serving as the base for all foreign media in Kiev, including the BBC. Gunshots pierced the windows of rooms used by the BBC and Sky News. | |
| Earlier, several dozen protesters were using the lobby as a triage centre for the wounded, and a priest arrived, says the BBC's Kevin Bishop, at the scene. | |
| Protesters - some of them armed - asked hotel guests for blankets to use as bandages. | Protesters - some of them armed - asked hotel guests for blankets to use as bandages. |
| A statement on the presidential website blames the opposition for starting the violence, saying the "calls for a truce and dialogue were nothing but a way of playing for time to mobilise and arm militants from Maidan [Independence Square]". | A statement on the presidential website blames the opposition for starting the violence, saying the "calls for a truce and dialogue were nothing but a way of playing for time to mobilise and arm militants from Maidan [Independence Square]". |
| Opposition leaders called the violence "an act of provocation" by the authorities. | |
| The foreign ministers of Germany, Poland and France are meeting Mr Yanukovych. | The foreign ministers of Germany, Poland and France are meeting Mr Yanukovych. |
| The talks were moved from their original location, for security reasons, officials said, and were at first reported cancelled. | The talks were moved from their original location, for security reasons, officials said, and were at first reported cancelled. |
| A full meeting of EU foreign ministers and the EU foreign policy envoy Catherine Ashton will take place in Brussels later on Thursday. | |
| Sanctions on Ukraine are likely to be discussed, including a possible ban on sales of equipment that could be used for internal repression. | |
| Separately, the head of the Kiev city administration resigned from Mr Yanukovych's Party of the Regions. | Separately, the head of the Kiev city administration resigned from Mr Yanukovych's Party of the Regions. |
| Thursday had been declared a day of mourning for those killed in clashes on Tuesday. | |
| In other developments: | In other developments: |
| Visa bans | Visa bans |
| The EU has so far refrained from imposing sanctions on Ukraine, preferring to stress dialogue and compromise. | The EU has so far refrained from imposing sanctions on Ukraine, preferring to stress dialogue and compromise. |
| For its part, the US state department announced visa bans on 20 members of the Ukrainian government but did not provide any names. | For its part, the US state department announced visa bans on 20 members of the Ukrainian government but did not provide any names. |
| The media wing of the opposition Udar party, led by former boxer Vitaly Klitschko, said the next round of negotiations with President Yanukovych would resume later on Thursday. | The media wing of the opposition Udar party, led by former boxer Vitaly Klitschko, said the next round of negotiations with President Yanukovych would resume later on Thursday. |
| It is not yet clear whether these talks will go ahead. | It is not yet clear whether these talks will go ahead. |
| The far-right Right Sector protest movement said it had not signed up to the truce and there was "nothing to negotiate". | The far-right Right Sector protest movement said it had not signed up to the truce and there was "nothing to negotiate". |
| The protests first erupted in November when President Yanukovych rejected a landmark association and trade deal with the EU in favour of closer ties with Russia. | The protests first erupted in November when President Yanukovych rejected a landmark association and trade deal with the EU in favour of closer ties with Russia. |
| Since then, the protests spread across Ukraine, with the main demand of snap presidential and parliamentary elections. | Since then, the protests spread across Ukraine, with the main demand of snap presidential and parliamentary elections. |
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