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.