Slideshow: The streets of Kiev
Click on a thumbnail image to launch slideshow. All photos by Sergey Stroitelev.
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- A protester stands on the roof of a bus holding a torch to maintain a smokescreen.
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- Protesters try to launch fireworks during an assault on the barricades by Berkut forces.
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- Police spray water on fireworks launched at the police line from behind a barricade
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- Protesters break up a Hreshatik street sidewalk into throwable pieces.
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- Religious leaders came out to bless protesters on the Hrushevskogo street barricades.
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- Protesters hit barriers with metal sticks 20 minutes before the assault on the Hrushevskogo street barricades.
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- People gather with flags to support the barricades on Hrishevskogo street.
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- Demonstrators burn tires behind a barricade
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- After an assault on the barricades, protesters retreated to Maidan square where they created a protective smokescreen.
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- People stand on rooftops of shelters in Maidan square to better see the frontline through the smokescreen.
