The revolution captured on camera: Striking images
that followed weeks of turmoil across Ukraine and the final days that
shaped it forever
PUBLISHED:
16:09 GMT, 23 February 2014
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UPDATED:
10:52 GMT, 24 February 2014
Ukraine has experienced its bloodiest
week in decades after days of deadly clashes between anti-government
protesters and police which ended in the ousting of President Viktor
Yanukovych.
For three months demonstrators have been involved in a stand-off with authorities in the capital Kiev.
But
on February 18 violence escalated and the Health Ministry said the
death toll between protesters and police had reached 82. The protesters
put that figure at over 100.
Here are a selection of photographs which capture the devastation caused in Kiev's Independence Square.
Fireworks explode near anti-government protesters during clashes with riot police at Independence Square in Kiev on February 18