Protests in Kyiv
![A pro-European Union activist stands while warming himself near a bonfire at a heavily fortified tent camp in Independence Square in Kyiv, Dec. 17, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/283B2403-603C-4F88-8575-E97E549BE434_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-European Union activist stands while warming himself near a bonfire at a heavily fortified tent camp in Independence Square in Kyiv, Dec. 17, 2013.
![A man stacks wooden bars showing names of Ukrainian cities and settlements that are hometowns of demonstrators, during a rally in Independence Square in Kyiv, Dec. 16, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1B9C2D9E-D4E5-4FE6-BFED-2F0F42905AFD_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man stacks wooden bars showing names of Ukrainian cities and settlements that are hometowns of demonstrators, during a rally in Independence Square in Kyiv, Dec. 16, 2013.
![Pro-European integration protesters eat free meals near a barricade during a rally in Independence Square in Kyiv, Dec. 16, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/98DD6BEB-790D-418B-B75B-909EB198077C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pro-European integration protesters eat free meals near a barricade during a rally in Independence Square in Kyiv, Dec. 16, 2013.
![Pro-European Union activists rally in Independence Square, Kyiv, Dec. 15, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/AE316ED9-9638-4490-B212-10E54729EBAD_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pro-European Union activists rally in Independence Square, Kyiv, Dec. 15, 2013.