
Ukrainian servicemen patrol with a self-propelled artillery gun near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, in the region of Donetsk , on February 8, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV)
Ukrainian servicemen patrol with a self-propelled artillery gun near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, in the region of Donetsk , on February 8, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV)
Protesters stand behind the barricade in front of riot police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday Jan. 25, 2014. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry has accused protesters in Kiev of capturing two of its officers as violent clashes have resumed in the capital and anti-government riots spread across Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
A scene of destruction in Kiev, where protesters burned four police buses and two lorries. Photograph: Julia Kochetova/Demotix/Corbis
Demonstrators on Independence Square. The protests are now in their third week.
Published on Dec 2, 2013
Ukraine’s crisis is getting so serious that protesters used a bulldozer against police
Protests in Ukraine have been worsening, with thousands in the capital of Kiev calling for President Viktor Yanukovych to step down over his decision to reject a deal for closer ties with the European Union. Photos show protesters clashing violently with riot police. But this video drives home just how serious the crisis is getting.
On Sunday, protesters outside the president’s office in Kiev tried to break the line of riot police guarding the building by charging them with a front-end loader, a piece of construction equipment that is colloquially (if not quite accurately) referred to as a bulldozer. It’s not clear how they got the vehicle to the front lines of the protests. No one was hurt in the incident, reportedly because other protesters convinced the driver to back off. A short video, released by the government’s interior ministry, captured the vehicle twice pushing right into the line of police before pulling back.
Photo: RIA Novosti Ukranian military allegedly sent armoured vehicles to Kiev to stabilize the situation. Meanwhile, part of the demonstrators in support of Ukraine’s European integrationhave left the scene.
Police intervened with force to disperse the protesters in the early hours of Saturday
Protesters clash with police near central gov’t office in Kiev
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