Some ten thousand students rally in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on December 10, 2013, a day after Ukrainian police forced protesters who have blockaded the government headquarters in central Kiev for a week to move away from the building. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday held talks with his three predecessors in a bid to defuse an escalating standoff with pro-EU protesters, as several demonstrators were injured in fresh clashes with police. With concern growing over the risk of an even bloodier confrontation between police and protesters, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and a top US State Department diplomat arrived in Kiev for talks with Yanukovych. AFP PHOTO/ YURIY DYACHYSHYNYURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP/Getty Images
Ukrayna’da, Sovyetler Birliği’nin II. Dünya Savaşı’nda Nazilere karşı zaferinin 72’inci yıl dönümü kutlamalarında gerginlikler yaşandı.
Ukrayna’da Batı yanlısı iktidarın 8 Mayıs’ta Hatıra ve Uzlaşı Günü adı altında getirdiği “alternatif” bayrama rağmen, Zafer Günü olarak kutlanan 9 Mayıs ülke genelinde yine geniş katılımlı gösterilere sahne oldu.
Kiev, Harkov, Dnipro, Zaporoje ve Odessa kentlerinde onlarca kişi gözaltına alındı.
