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Protesters use snow to reinforce a barricade blocking street access to Independence Square

Deputy PM says Ukraine will sign EU deal

Thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in central Kiev tonight as the European Union held out a promise of increased aid for Ukraine if it signed a trade and cooperation pact.

News • 12 Dec 13

Yulia Tymoshenko was jailed in 2011 for abuse of office over a gas deal signed with Russia

Tymoshenko ends prison hunger strike in Ukraine

Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has ended a hunger strike after 12 days, according to her daughter Yevgenia.

News • 12 Dec 13

Protesters fired flares at police who threw them back and shot stun grenades into the crowd

Clashes at protests in Ukrainian capital Kiev

Police beat protesters and journalists outside of the Ukrainian presidential administration building where a group of young men tried to break police lines.

News • 01 Dec 13

Violence broke out after large crowds again demonstrated against Ukraine's decision not to sign pact with EU

Kiev riot police disperse pro-EU protesters

Ukrainian riot police used batons and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of pro-EU protesters early this morning.

News • 12 Dec 13

Pro-EU supporters clash with police outside government buildings in Kiev over the scrapped EU deal

Clashes at rally in Kiev over EU U-turn

Demonstrators in Kiev have clashed with riot police at a rally in the city protesting against the government's scrapping of a partnership deal with the EU.

News • 12 Dec 13

Vitaliy Klitschko, World Heavyweight Boxing champion and leader of the Ukrainian political party UDAR (Punch), addresses Kiev rally

Clashes in Kiev ahead of pro-EU opposition rally

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in the Ukrainian capital and clashed with police last night, angered by a government decision to drop a landmark deal with the European Union in favour of closer ties with Russia.

News • 12 Dec 13

Vitaly Klitschko casts his vote in a polling station in Kiev

Ukraine's ruling party leads vote - exit poll

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the Regions is leading a parliamentary election with 30.5% of the party-list vote, an exit poll by the ICTV television station has shown.

News • 30 Oct 12

Ukraine calls off regional summit after boycotts

Ukraine has put off a planned summit of eastern European leaders after a number of them declined to attend in protest over the treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

News • 08 May 12

Viktor Yanukovich

Deputy PM says Ukraine will sign EU deal

Tymoshenko ends prison hunger strike in Ukraine

Clashes at protests in Ukrainian capital Kiev

Kiev riot police disperse pro-EU protesters

Clashes at rally in Kiev over EU U-turn

Clashes in Kiev ahead of pro-EU opposition rally

Ukraine's ruling party leads vote - exit poll

Ukraine calls off regional summit after boycotts

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