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Ukraine’s Presidential Offices Empty, President Yanukovych Nowhere To Be Seen

Journalists have strolled freely through Ukraine’s presidential offices as uncertainty surrounds the whereabouts of president Viktor Yanukovych.

Protesters appear to be in full control of the government district, reporters at the scene said.

There is huge doubt over the peace deal agreed on Friday, which provided for elections by December.

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The protesters, who are demanding earlier elections, by May 25, are claiming full control of Kyiv, Sky News reported.

And there was no sign of Yanukovych, who was reported to have left the capital.

The opposition, led by former heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko, are calling on him to resign.

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Reporters at the scene said a power change appeared to be taking place.

It comes after the Ukrainian parliament voted in favour of stripping a law that could allow for the release of country’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was defeated in 2010 presidential elections by Yanukovych and imprisoned in 2011 on likely trumped up charges relating to an abuse of office.

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  A protester aims a rifle towards riot police as protesters advance to new positions advance to new positions near the Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  A protester aims a rifle towards riot police as protesters advance to new positions advance to new positions near the Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters walk past a burning bus as they advance to new positions near the Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters carry the injured during continued clashes with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters carry the injured during continued clashes with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters carry the injured during continued clashes with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  Paramedics carry a wounded protester in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters erect new barricades as they advance to new positions near Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters erect new barricades as they advance to new positions near Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters carry the injured during continued clashes with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters carry the injured during continued clashes with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  Protesters erect new barricades as they advance to new positions near Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters erect new barricades as they advance to new positions near Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protestors kneel near a demonstrator wounded by police sniper during clashes with the police in the center of Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Live ammunition was being used on Thursday in fresh clashes in the heart of Kyiv that claimed the life of at least ten protesters and left about a dozens injured. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters stand behind burning barricades during a face-off against police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters stand behind burning barricades during a face-off against police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters burn as they stand behind burning barricades during clashes with police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s embattled leader announced a ‘truce’ with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation. The shocking scale of the violence three months into the crisis brought expressions of grave concern from the West and condemnation of an ‘attempted coup’ by the Kremlin. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters try to protect themselves from fire as they stand behind burning barricades during clashes with police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s embattled leader announced a ‘truce’ with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation. The shocking scale of the violence three months into the crisis brought expressions of grave concern from the West and condemnation of an ‘attempted coup’ by the Kremlin. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters burn as they stand behind burning barricades during clashes with police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s embattled leader announced a ‘truce’ with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation. The shocking scale of the violence three months into the crisis brought expressions of grave concern from the West and condemnation of an ‘attempted coup’ by the Kremlin. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters stand behind barricades during a face-off against police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s embattled leader announced a ‘truce’ with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation. The shocking scale of the violence three months into the crisis brought expressions of grave concern from the West and condemnation of an ‘attempted coup’ by the Kremlin. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  A protester stands behind barricades during clashes with police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s embattled leader announced a ‘truce’ with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation. The shocking scale of the violence three months into the crisis brought expressions of grave concern from the West and condemnation of an ‘attempted coup’ by the Kremlin. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters gather behind barricades during clashes with police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s embattled leader announced a ‘truce’ with the opposition as he prepared to get grilled by visiting EU diplomats over clashes that killed 26 and left the government facing diplomatic isolation. The shocking scale of the violence three months into the crisis brought expressions of grave concern from the West and condemnation of an ‘attempted coup’ by the Kremlin. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters stand behind burning barricades during a face-off against police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Ukranian riot police clash with protestors on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters stand behind burning barricades during a face-off against police on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: (EDITORS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT) Anti-government protesters carry the injured during continued clashes with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Despite an overnight truce, violence has again flared up as Police stormed the ‘Maidan’ protest camp in Independence Square. Heavy casualties have been reported as Special Forces are using live ammunition. Protesters are seeking to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters, continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Anti-government protesters man barricades during demonstrations in Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Anti-government protesters let off fireworks during demonstrations in Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union.(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: An anti-government protester throws a tire onto fires during demonstrations in Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Anti-government protesters man barricades during demonstrations in Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Anti-government protesters stand behind a line of burning tires and debris on Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between anti-government protesters and police as the Ukrainian parliament is meant to take up the question of whether to revert to the country’s 2004 constitution. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Medical volunteers treat an injured anti-government protester in a makeshift clinic near Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between anti-government protesters and police as the Ukrainian parliament is meant to take up the question of whether to revert to the country’s 2004 constitution. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Anti-government protesters use a compressed air cannon to launch a Molotov cocktail toward police lines on Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between anti-government protesters and police as the Ukrainian parliament is meant to take up the question of whether to revert to the country’s 2004 constitution. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Anti-government protesters man barricades during demonstrations in Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters, continue to their clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters, continue to their clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters carry the injured during continued clashes with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters, continue to their clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters, continue to their clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters, continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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  Protesters evacuate a wounded demonstrator near Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Protesters advance to new positions near the Independence square in Kyiv on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades Thursday on Kyiv’s central Independence Square, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president. Protesters pushed the police back about 200 metres and were in control of most of the square they had occupied at the start of Ukraine’s three-month-old political crisis. At least 10 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kyiv, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

• Violence Escalates As Kyiv Protests Continue

  KYIV, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 20: Anti-government protesters, continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

• Anti-government protesters clash with police in Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Violent clashes erupted yesterday following renewed anti-government protests, with the death toll rising to 25.

• Anti-government protesters clash with police in Independence Square on February 19, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Violent clashes erupted yesterday following renewed anti-government protests, with the death toll rising to 25.

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  Policemen try to avoid flames from molotov cocktails during clashes with anti-government protesters in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine’s parliament in Kyiv, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building. AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV (Photo credit should read ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images)