Protests in Kyiv
![Riot police stand in a cordon facing anti-government protesters as temperatures stand at minus 20 degrees Celsius at a barricade near Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f760253a-297c-4b2c-8361-20efdfceecaa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police stand in a cordon facing anti-government protesters as temperatures stand at minus 20 degrees Celsius at a barricade near Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.
![Anti-government protesters walk in the tent city at Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/573a6106-79c0-4f3a-960a-21e3178f83d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anti-government protesters walk in the tent city at Independence Square in Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.
![Protesters, with signs reading "Mother" on their chests, and ""The government don't kill our children," walk away from a police cordon in central Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9b15aea1-bc11-4909-a1fb-42b2ab262942_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters, with signs reading "Mother" on their chests, and ""The government don't kill our children," walk away from a police cordon in central Kyiv, Jan. 30, 2014.
![Members of various anti-government paramilitary groups walk in formation during a show of force in Kyiv, Jan. 29, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/cdaebf98-8b5b-4f98-b8f0-522e54b68091_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of various anti-government paramilitary groups walk in formation during a show of force in Kyiv, Jan. 29, 2014.