Kiev Protesters Killed as Ukraine Crisis Escalates

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The Ukraine crisis took a turn for the worse overnight as two protesters were shot to death in clashes with police. A third died in a fall.

According to the English-language Kyiv Post, the general prosecutor’s office confirmed the gunshot deaths, but police denied that officers had fired on protesters.

Crowds were reportedly growing at the scene of the recent clashes on Hrushevskoho Street, a few blocks from the center of the Euromaiden protests, with people chanting, “murderers” and “glory to Ukraine.” Read more...