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Ukraine's political opposition celebrated the first major victory in its two-month-long standoff with the government as the country's prime minister tendered his resignation Tuesday, Jan.28. But the move appeared unlikely to end the crisis.

Mykola Azarov’s resignation came after a week of violent clashes in Kyiv, the capital, in which at least four activists were killed, dozens arrested and hundreds injured on both sides. It was the worst street violence in the history of post-Soviet Ukraine.

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