Despite a brief a truce, police in Ukraine have reportedly shot live rounds at protesters in Kiev, killing 21, as the protesters retook Maidan.
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed a truce with opposition leaders, with both sides looking to end the escalating violence of the last two days.
If Ukraine constantly seems torn between Western Europe and Russia, it is because Ukraine is itself a country divided between East and West. While more than half the Ukrainian population associates itself with the EU, a large ethnic Russian minority is also present, which is difficult to ignore.
In a symbolic protest against Moscow’s influence and power, protesters in Kiev tore down a statue of Vladimir Lenin