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Ukrainian riot police advanced on the heart of 12-week-old protests against President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday and security forces set a deadline to end disturbances after at least nine people were reported killed in a day of clashes.

 Clashes raged for several hours outside the parliament building, where
opposition lawmaker Lesya Orobets said three demonstrators were killed
and taken to a nearby officers’ club used as a medical centre. More than
100 people were injured, she said.

“Three bodies of our supporters are in the building. Another seven are
close to dying (because of wounds),” she said on her Facebook page.

Two more bodies were lying in front of a Metro station on the
southeastern side of Independence Square, a photographer told Reuters.The casualty reports could not be independently confirmed.

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