#Kiev literally looks like Hell right now. #euromaidan pic.twitter.com/zbmBIN7A5y
— Anis (@TheBlogPirate) February 18, 2014
BREAKING: Protest camp in center of Ukraine’s capital engulfed in flames as police advance on protesters.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 18, 2014
Special forces heading for #euromaidan with Kalashnikovs: pic.twitter.com/fZ6essC2tz
— Jim Todd (@jimineuropa) February 18, 2014
Ukrainian authorities cut off the center of Kyiv then issued an ultimatum to leave. It’s like they want to kill more people. #euromaidan
— joshuafoust (@joshuafoust) February 18, 2014
RAW VIDEO: Thousands of angry anti-government demonstrators clash with police outside Ukraine’s parliament: http://t.co/zEzqUsjjXu
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 18, 2014
Protester tents burning on Maidan right now after police toss Molotov cocktails from their perch above square. #euromaidan #ukraine
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 18, 2014
Troubling images from #Kiev. @AP pic shows protestor engulfed in flame. 9 dead, toll likely to rise #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/skmpzXPzSX
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) February 18, 2014
Armored personnel carrier is burning now at Institutskaya street, protestors stoped it it from attack on the people|PR News #Euromaidan
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) February 18, 2014
Terrible scenes: Radio Svoboda showing protestors beating up police with stones & baseball bats. #euromaidan
http://t.co/uU3c0DsgBg
— Tomasz Michalski (@tmichalsk) February 18, 2014
protesters have set water cannon on fire.
— Kateryna_Kruk (@Kateryna_Kruk) February 18, 2014
#euromaidan #Ukraine @insider_com_ua reports that Lviv regional administration building is retaken by protesters.
— Taras Denysenko (@TarasDenysenko) February 18, 2014
Better shot of the #euromaidan protesters’ lasers, being used to try to blind riot police in #Kyiv pic.twitter.com/5NGiqDK8m6
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) February 18, 2014
As riot police move in on opposition camp in Kiev, protesters sing Ukrainian national anthem #euromaidan
— Maria Danilova (@mashadanilova) February 18, 2014
Arseniy Yatsenuk, one of the opposition leaders has called for truce till morning, but calls were ignored. Heavy smoke rising from maidan
— Yulia Bragina (@YuliaSkyNews) February 18, 2014
Great shot RT @AFP Police clash with anti-government protesters in Kiev, Ukraine pic.twitter.com/9S6m3ZQt6B
— Neal Mann (@fieldproducer) February 18, 2014
Ukraine protest leader, ex-Minister Lutsenko: “The slaves of Putin want to make us all slaves…We will lay down our lives for the freedom”
— Simon Shuster (@shustry) February 18, 2014
Dad saw heavy-duty vehicles on the way to Maidan. License plates not local. Buses – license plates not local. #Kiev #euromaidan
— Natalia Antonova (@NataliaAntonova) February 18, 2014
Crimean parliament says civil war is under way in Ukraine. States possibility of mobilization. http://t.co/3gJPfDw6ZB
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) February 18, 2014
Watch the live feed from Kiev: https://t.co/ypMeNI4hnO #ukraine #euromaidan
— Andy Carvin (@acarvin) February 18, 2014
21 journalists covering #Euromaidan clashes today in Kyiv were attacked by Berkut & “titushki” groups http://t.co/jZsCj3b30r
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) February 18, 2014
Ukraine riots in pictures: Violent scenes in Kiev as police clash with protesters http://t.co/KEoNveT8CF pic.twitter.com/AJeXcukE4z
— Telegraph Pictures (@TelegraphPics) February 18, 2014
Analysis and commentary from the blogosphere to follow. Recent Dish coverage of the violence in Ukraine here. More context from early December here.
(Hat tip: Max Fisher, who rounded up “the 16 essential Twitter accounts to follow Ukraine’s unfolding crisis”)
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