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Twenty-five people injured in the tense standoff between protesters and riot police on Kyiv's central Hrushevskoho Street have sought medical care in the past 24 hours, a Kyiv city administration spokesman said, citing the healthcare department.

Twenty-fire protesters asked ambulance crews on duty on Hrushevskoho
Street to treat their injuries between 6 a.m. on Jan. 22 and 6 a.m. on
Jan. 23.

According to the latest reports, 12 people have been hospitalized with different injures.

A total of 157 protesters have sought medical aid since 4 p.m. on Jan. 19. Of them, 72 people were admitted to hospitals.

On Wednesday, the Kyiv healthcare department confirmed the death of two people during the clashes on Hrushevskoho Street.

Speaking on the city’s Independence Square on Jan. 22,
opposition leaders put the number of people killed in the riots at five.

The National Resistance Headquarters claim that many injured people
refuse to seek medical aid for fear of prosecution by the police.