Protests in Ukraine: Images of a deadly day

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Protests in Ukraine: Images of a deadly day

Sonja Puzic CTVNews.ca
Published Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:53PM EST

Activists burn tyres at barricades close to Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, as, according to the protesters, the resulting heavy black smoke does not allow riot police snipers to aim easily at protesters. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

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At least 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the deadliest day of anti-government protests in Kyiv on Thursday. Here are some of the harrowing images shared by those on the ground: activists, journalists and city residents. (Warning: Some of the images are disturbing.)

Protests in Ukraine: deadliest day yet At least 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the deadliest day of anti-government protests in Kyiv on Thursday. Here are some of the harrowing images shared by those on the ground: activists, journalists and city residents. (Warning: Some of the images are disturbing)Storified by · Thu, Feb 20 2014 15:45:20Kiev. This place is nuts.tristanredmanMany protesters and those who witnessed the sniper fire and burning buildings in Kyiv's Independence Square captured the destruction of the city on Instagram.
Yuriy DanilovYuriy Danilovyaku5hevyaku5hev芯锌邪褋薪芯褋褌褜测补办耻5丑别惫袟谐芯褉械胁褕芯械蟹写邪薪懈械锌褉芯褎褋芯褞蟹邪 .masnuiReporters and photographers from Ukraine and around the world have been providing frequent updates on the bloodshed via Twitter and other social media. Many of them witnessed dying and severely injured protesters first-hand.
Interior Ministry confirm they used firearms against the protesters, claiming they had to shield policemen, statement says.Myroslava PetsaWeeping, no words.Father holding helmet of 19yo son Ustyn Holodnyuk seconds after identifying him-pic by Sergei Loiko http://t.co/fVCX8dUuXdMyroslava PetsaKiev "truce"Alexey YaroshevskyMedics just pronounced this man dead on Maidan. I'm here. #Ukraine #euromaidan http://t.co/nawQsAgmd3Christopher Miller袦械写懈泻懈芯褌泻邪褔懈胁邪褞褌斜械蟹薪邪写械卸薪芯谐芯 http://t.co/glClJWVHm0Sergey PonomarevSome very nasty injuries. I saw three dead bodies on stretchers #Ukraine http://t.co/cESJw1mYbkJames Marson'fighters don't shoot your own people!' - office workers in #kyiv appeal #ukraine http://t.co/yXrxTZdxJnNataliya Gumenyuk袦芯褟褝泻懈锌懈褉芯胁泻邪!Maksym BiletskyiCTV's Washington Bureau Chief Paul Workman is also covering the protests in Kyiv.
Young protestor in Kiev tells me he is afraid because he saw death today for the first time in his life. But is staying.Paul WorkmanKiev. Getting ready for the next assault. http://t.co/MDPMsV53mWPaul Workman

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