Protesters Clash With Police in Kiev

Anti-government protests in Ukraine's capital escalated into fiery street battles with police Sunday as thousands of demonstrators hurled rocks and firebombs to set police vehicles ablaze. Dozens of officers and protesters were injured. Police responded with stun grenades, tear gas and water cannons, but were outnumbered by the protesters. Many of the riot police held their shields over their heads to protect themselves from the projectiles thrown by demonstrators on the other side of a cordon of buses. The violence was a sharp escalation of Ukraine's two-month political crisis, which has brought round-the-clock protest gatherings, but had been largely peaceful. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko tried to persuade demonstrators to stop their unrest, but failed and was sprayed by a fire extinguisher in the process. Klitschko later traveled to President Viktor Yanukovych's suburban residence and said the president has agreed to negotiate.
The United States has slammed Ukrainian authorities over violent clashes between police and demonstrators in the capital Sunday and threatened to impose sanctions if force is used against protesters.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/20/protesters-battle-police-in-ukraine-capital/
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140119/186700431/Protestors-Clash-With-Police-in-Kiev.html
http://echo.msk.ru/blog/echomsk/1241210-echo/ (video)
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140120/186719842/US-Threatens-Sanctions-as-Tensions-Rise-in-Kiev.html