Ukrainian opposition blocks government building

Independence Square in Kiev was nearly empty on Monday morning after a massive pro-EU protest held there last night, during which several clashes broke out.

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KIEV Independence Square in Kiev was nearly empty on Monday morning after a massive pro-EU protest held there last night, during which several clashes broke out. The Ukrainian police used tear gas and stun grenades and more than 100 people were injured, including policemen and journalists. Ukrainian opposition blocks government building A police cordon in four lines is located around the government building. The opposition announced yesterday that it would block government building. Reuters is reporting that about 1,000 protesters blocked off the government's main headquarters on Monday, preventing employees getting to work. Protesters yesterday stormed the Kiev city assembly. Several hundred were inside and did not accept appeals of security forces to leave the building. The protests are organized against the government's decision not to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. The BBC reported that according to various estimates, between 100,000 and 350,000 people gathered in Kiev on Sunday, and that clashes broke out near the presidential palace, where police used tear gas and stun grenades to suppress a group of demonstrators who threw stones. The opposition has called a nationwide strike from Monday, reported Reuters, and said it was "not immediately clear what support this was receiving in state concerns or private businesses across the country." General strike had been declared in the town of Lvov, in western Ukraine. "What has been happening in recent days in Kiev is cause for serious concern for the future of our country. Political and economic stability, territorial integrity and the constitutional basis of the system are in danger," said a statement of the Assembly of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara said yesterday that in a few days a Ukrainian delegation would go to Brussels in order to continue negotiations on the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. (Tanjug/AP) Tanjug

Ukrainian opposition blocks government building

A police cordon in four lines is located around the government building. The opposition announced yesterday that it would block government building.

Reuters is reporting that about 1,000 protesters blocked off the government's main headquarters on Monday, preventing employees getting to work.

Protesters yesterday stormed the Kiev city assembly. Several hundred were inside and did not accept appeals of security forces to leave the building.

The protests are organized against the government's decision not to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU.

The BBC reported that according to various estimates, between 100,000 and 350,000 people gathered in Kiev on Sunday, and that clashes broke out near the presidential palace, where police used tear gas and stun grenades to suppress a group of demonstrators who threw stones.

The opposition has called a nationwide strike from Monday, reported Reuters, and said it was "not immediately clear what support this was receiving in state concerns or private businesses across the country."

General strike had been declared in the town of Lvov, in western Ukraine.

"What has been happening in recent days in Kiev is cause for serious concern for the future of our country. Political and economic stability, territorial integrity and the constitutional basis of the system are in danger," said a statement of the Assembly of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara said yesterday that in a few days a Ukrainian delegation would go to Brussels in order to continue negotiations on the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU.

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