Monday, January 20, 2014

Violent clashes in Kiev: LIVE UPDATES





Violent clashes in Kiev: LIVE UPDATES from Russia Today.

20:45 GMT: Around 90 EuroMaidan protesters demonstrate outside the London apartment of Ukraine's wealthiest billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, Kyiv Post reported. Demonstrators shouted "Akhmetov stop Yanukovych!" and "Akhmetov stop the bloodshed!”

20:44 GMT: Protesters launch rocks from a catapult they they built, as police retaliate with flash grenades. Police were stationed around the trees by the Dynamo Stadium, where new clashes have broken out.

19:04 GMT: At least 44 people have been taken to hospital with various injuries since Sunday, and a total number of 104 have been injured, Kiev mayor office administration reported. The figures are likely to increase as they did not include casualties from the latest clashes.

Wounded policemen have also been excluded from the count, with the latest estimate by Ukrainian Interior Ministry stating that 61 out of 100 injured law enforcers have been hospitalized since Sunday.

18:12 GMT: RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky reports “unprecedented brutality from both sides” in Kiev. Following brutal beatings of police officers by the protesters, the clashes with law enforcers now leave more people injured.

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