Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have gathered again in Kyiv in a fresh show of force by the month-old anti-government protest movement.
Many demonstrators also marched on President Viktor Yanukovych’s official residence outside the capital.
They have been re-energised by a brutal attack on a prominent journalist, Tetyana Chornovol, on Christmas Day.
She had accused Mr Yanukovych of corruption over his financing of the Mezhygirya residence in an expose.
