The body count mounted dramatically in Kyiv on February 20 as fighting between antigovernment protesters and security forces escalated. Field hospitals were hastily improvised in hotel lobbies in Independence Squares to care for the injured, as video footage showed that some security forces were apparently using live ammunition and sniper rifles. There have been dozens of deaths since fighting broke out on February 18.
Deadly Day In Kyiv
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A woman cries as dead bodies are seen on the ground following violence on Independence Square in Kyiv on February 20.
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Riot police fire at antigovernment demonstrators.
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Antigovernment protesters carry away a wounded protester as riot policemen fire live bullets on them.
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Protesters catch fire as they stand behind burning barricades.
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Police use Kalashnikov assault rifles and sniper rifles against protesters.
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Protester shows empty bullet casings used by riot police against demonstrators.
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Protesters carry an injured man.
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A wounded protester is attended to before being rushed away to receive medical help.
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Medical personnel prepare an improvised field hospital in the lobby of the Ukraine Hotel.
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Protesters manning the barricades
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Paramedics carry a wounded protester.
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An antigovernment protester shoots an improvised device.
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Antigovernment protesters carry bags filled with stones to build barricades around Independence Square.
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An activist mourns fellow protesters killed in clashes.
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A priest stands in the lobby of the Ukraine Hotel near dead bodies of antigovernment protesters.
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A protester holds a Ukranian national flag from a burned building.