At least nine people have been killed in Independence Square as riot police kill protesters at a protest camp in Kiev, Ukraine. Most of the protest camp is on fire at the moment, as Kiev’s Independence Square is quickly becoming this century’s version of Tiananmen Square. You can watch the bloody massacre and fire fight in Kiev below:
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With stun grenades and water cannons, Ukrainian riot police moved in against a protest camp in Kiev’s center Tuesday night after nine people were killed in violent street protests.
A large section of the camp has been engulfed in flames as police advance on the demonstrators.
Thousands of protesters had filled Independence Square just hours before, sensing that Ukraine’s political standoff was reaching a critical turning point after the deadliest violence yet in nearly three months of protests that have paralyzed the capital and the nation.
Tents were seen going up in flames as defiant protesters shouted “Glory to Ukraine!”