Kiev Forces Ring Opposition Camp as Death Toll Reaches 10
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Ukrainian forces announced the start of an operation to clear the Kiev square occupied by thousands of protesters, after at least 10 people died in the bloodiest day of the country’s three-month standoff.
Police officials said by loudspeaker shortly before 9 p.m. that women and children should leave Independence Square for the start of an “anti-terrorist” action. Thousands of riot police backed by water cannons and military trucks surrounded the compound. Protesters lobbed Molotov cocktails from behind their barricades while waving flags, singing the national anthem and stoking bonfires with anything that burns.