Kiev today

• Hace muchos años tuve el gusto de visitar Kiev. Guardo un recuerdo muy grato, casi nostalgia, de la capital de Ukraine. Ahora temo que estalle allí una guerra civil o algo más complicado. La movilización diplomática de la UE (EU) ha sido tardía. Alemania respalda la aplicación de sanciones. Parece que la evolución de la situación indica una inestabilidad creciente.
•  He escogido un abstract  (a día de 20/02/14) de "The Guardian", que invita a enviar cualquier foto y/o información sobre el terreno. Eso es periodismo ciudadano. Anímense a dar su opinión. Lo que ocurre en Kiev es problema de todos. 
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• Twenty-five people have been killed, and 241 injured, in fighting between anti-government protesters and police in Kiev, after the security forces tried to take control of the protest camp in Independence Square, or the Maidan. The Interior ministry said nine police officers were among the dead. A renewed push by riot police in the early hours followed the bloodiest day in the country’s post-Soviet history.

• Riot police launched a renewed assault on the protest camp at 4am local time, the Guardian’s overnight live blog reported. There were large explosions, with reports of tear gas, flash grenades, and molotov cocktails as police advanced on protesters in the square, clashing at the front line. Water cannons were brought in and used unsuccessfully to try and douse fires which also burned dow the Trade Union Hall.

• President Viktor Yanukovych has laid the blame for deaths at the opposition, and called for them to disassociate themselves from “radical forces.” He said some members of the anti-government opposition had crossed a line when they called on supporters to bring weapons to the demonstration in Kiev. 

• Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko addressed around 20,000 protester camped out at Independence Square, and urged them to hold their ground. He also said he’d walked out of talks with Yanukovych after the president demanded protesters leave the square unconditionally.

• There has been widespread international condemnation of the violence. UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said he was shocked and gravely concerned. US vice president Joe Biden called Yanukovych to urge him to “pull back” the security forces.