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