Protests in Kyiv
![Riot police stand in a cordon facing anti-government protesters as temperatures stand at minus 20 degrees Celsius at a barricade near Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F760253A-297C-4B2C-8361-20EFDFCEECAA_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police stand in a cordon facing anti-government protesters as temperatures stand at minus 20 degrees Celsius at a barricade near Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.
![Anti-government protesters walk in the tent city at Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/573A6106-79C0-4F3A-960A-21E3178F83D4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anti-government protesters walk in the tent city at Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.
![Protesters, with signs reading "Mother" on their chests, and ""The government don't kill our children," walk away from a police cordon in central Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9B15AEA1-BC11-4909-A1FB-42B2AB262942_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters, with signs reading "Mother" on their chests, and ""The government don't kill our children," walk away from a police cordon in central Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.
![Members of various anti-government paramilitary groups walk in formation during a show of force in Kyiv, Jan. 29, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/CDAEBF98-8B5B-4F98-B8F0-522E54B68091_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of various anti-government paramilitary groups walk in formation during a show of force in Kyiv, Jan. 29, 2014.