Svetlana Ivanova

De­spite con­ces­sions made by Pres­i­dent Vik­tor Yanukovich, pro­test­ers refuse to back down.

Com­pro­mise of­fer from Pres­i­dent Yanukovych fails to mol­li­fy the op­po­si­tion.

A tem­po­rary truce be­tween the gov­ern­ment and op­po­si­tion fol­lows days of vi­o­lent clash­es.

Vi­o­lence has gripped Kiev as anti-gov­ern­ment demon­stra­tors square off with po­lice on the streets.

Demon­stra­tors in cen­tral Kiev have re­in­forced their en­camp­ment with bar­ri­cades amid on­go­ing un­rest.