Via NY Times:
During a rally in Kiev on Sunday, protesters attacked the police with sticks and threw firecrackers at them, while the officers responded with tear gas. The violence appeared to be the worst in at least a month for the continuing protest movement in Ukraine, and it signified a deepening of the political crisis in the country, the most populous former Soviet state apart from Russia.
The protests began in November, after the government of Mr. Yanukovich declined to sign a sweeping free-trade agreement with the European Union. He later negotiated a package of financial aid from Russia.
The fighting broke out on a side street leading to the Verkhovnaya Rada, or Parliament, and near Independence Square, which has been the center of the protests.
Via FoxNews:
After a night of vicious streets battles, anti-government protesters and police clashed anew Monday in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Hundreds of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, hurled rocks and stun grenades and police responded with tear gas.
The violence has seriously escalated Ukraine’s political crisis, which has been marked by two months of largely peaceful protests. Here’s a look at the unclear roadmap for peace in Kiev: