| After weeks of relative calm, trucks and tents burned, molotov cocktails smashed against police shields and banners illuminated by the flames whipped in the strong breeze. At least 25 people were reported killed and 240 injured in the latest flare-up of protests that began last fall after President Viktor Yanukovych rejected a trade deal with Europe and turned to Russia for financial help.
Police began to push toward the camp early Wednesday. But whether or not they clear the square, Ukraine is heading for an even deeper divide. The hostility that the opposition feels toward Yanukovych is intense and widespread, especially in the western part of the country. Having turned to Russia for much-needed financial help, Yanukovych may finally have burned his bridges to the West with Tuesdayà ‚¬ „ s developments, leaving him in danger of being a weakened and unpopular supplicant to Moscow. |
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