Ukraine truce collapses; 73 people killed in fresh clashes

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    At least 20 protesters were killed Thursday morning as gunfire rang out in central Kiev, breaking the shaky truce reached between President Victor Yanukovich and opposition leaders the previous night.

    Oleh Musiy, chief of the protest camp health service, told The Times that dozens were injured.

    [Updated, 11:46 a.m. PST Feb. 20: Ukrainian authorities reported that three police officers died in the clashes, the AP said.]

    Early in the afternoon, about 200 riot police, many with shotguns, were deployed in the Council of Ministers building in Grushevsky Street.

    Read more http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-shots-break-kiev-truce-20140220,0,2375480.story
     

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