UPDATE: The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov, has offered his resignation in an attempt to ease the current crisis
A man has been found dead, hanging from the symbol of the anti-government protests in Ukraine.
The 55-year-old man was found on the framework of a huge artificial "New Year tree" in central Kiev, which has become synonymous with the anti-government resistance, Ukrainian police said.
Police said they removed the body, which was hanging inside the cone-shaped tubular steel construction on Kiev's Independence Square.
The "tree" is decorated with a poster of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and scrawled with graffiti attacking President Viktor Yanukovich.
The incident is surrounded by mystery as the square has been swarming with protesters day and night since the onset of mass protests against Yanukovich in early December.
Ukraine's parliament is expected to vote on plans to scrap a new anti-protest law Tuesday, in a special session called over the ongoing unrest in the country.
President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to repeal the legislation, but it is unclear whether MPs will back him.
Activists continue to occupy Kiev's central square and government buildings in a number of Ukrainian cities, saying they will not leave until Mr Yanukovych resigns.
Unrest has spread across Ukraine, even to Mr Yanukovych's Russian-speaking strongholds in the east.
Four activists have died in incidents connected with the protests in recent days.
The crisis was sparked when Mr Yanukovych pulled out of a planned trade deal with the EU last November in favour of a $15bn (£9bn) bailout from Russia.
Ukraine is expected to feature at talks in Brussels on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the European Union.
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Medics transport an injured protester during an attack of the Ukrainian House building in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. New violence erupted in Ukraine's capital during the night as a large crowd attacked the government exposition and conference hall where police were stationed inside. Early Sunday, demonstrators were throwing firebombs into the Ukrainian House building and setting off fireworks, and police responded with tear gas. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman) (credit:AP)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: Fireworks fired by anti-government protesters explode inside the Ukrainian House, which the protesters attempted to take over, on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: An anti-government protester talks with police through a broken window in the Ukrainian House on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 25: Anti-government protesters walk among burned buses on Hrushevskoho Street near Dynamo stadium on January 25, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: Police hold their shields for protection inside the Ukrainian House, which anti-government protesters attempted to take over, on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: Anti-government protesters stand outside the Ukrainian House, which they attempted to take over, on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists storm the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists storm the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists storm the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists storm the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 25: An anti-government protester kicks in a window of the Ukrainian House, which protesters attempted to take over, on January 25, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: Anti-government protesters stand outside the Ukrainian House, which they attempted to take over, on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters burn tires at the flashpoint Grushevsky Street in the central Kiev late January 25, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday offered sweeping concessions for the opposition, including the prime minister's post, to end a deadly crisis but his opponents vowed to press on with protests until all their demands are met. Tensions continued to boil in the streets of Kiev, with stick-wielding protesters in helmets seen throwing Molotov cocktails and smashing in the windows of a Soviet-era building in Kiev used as a temporary base by the security forces. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters gather around the fire to get warm at the flashpoint Grushevsky Street in central Kiev late January 25, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday offered sweeping concessions for the opposition, including the prime minister's post, to end a deadly crisis but his opponents vowed to press on with protests until all their demands are met. Tensions continued to boil in the streets of Kiev, with stick-wielding protesters in helmets seen throwing Molotov cocktails and smashing in the windows of a Soviet-era building in Kiev used as a temporary base by the security forces. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An anti-government protesters gather behind a road block at the flashpoint Grushevsky Street in the central Kiev late January 25, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday offered sweeping concessions for the opposition, including the prime minister's post, to end a deadly crisis but his opponents vowed to press on with protests until all their demands are met. Tensions continued to boil in the streets of Kiev, with stick-wielding protesters in helmets seen throwing Molotov cocktails and smashing in the windows of a Soviet-era building in Kiev used as a temporary base by the security forces. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An anti-government protester stands in front of a fire to get warm at the flashpoint Grushevsky Street in the central Kiev late January 25, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday offered sweeping concessions for the opposition, including the prime minister's post, to end a deadly crisis but his opponents vowed to press on with protests until all their demands are met. Tensions continued to boil in the streets of Kiev, with stick-wielding protesters in helmets seen throwing Molotov cocktails and smashing in the windows of a Soviet-era building in Kiev used as a temporary base by the security forces. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: Anti-government protesters attempt to take over the Ukrainian House on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters gather at the flashpoint Grushevsky Street in the central Kiev late January 25, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday offered sweeping concessions for the opposition, including the prime minister's post, to end a deadly crisis but his opponents vowed to press on with protests until all their demands are met. Tensions continued to boil in the streets of Kiev, with stick-wielding protesters in helmets seen throwing Molotov cocktails and smashing in the windows of a Soviet-era building in Kiev used as a temporary base by the security forces. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: Anti-government protesters stand outside the Ukrainian House, which they attempted to take over, on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An injured anti-government protester reacts in the central Kiev late January 25, 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday offered sweeping concessions for the opposition, including the prime minister's post, to end a deadly crisis but his opponents vowed to press on with protests until all their demands are met. Tensions continued to boil in the streets of Kiev, with stick-wielding protesters in helmets seen throwing Molotov cocktails and smashing in the windows of a Soviet-era building in Kiev used as a temporary base by the security forces. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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KIEV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 26: Anti-government protesters stand outside the Ukrainian House, which they attempted to take over, on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of primarily peaceful anti-government protests in the city center, new laws meant to end the protest movement have sparked violent clashes in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists storm the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An anti-government protester looks on as he rests at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An anti-government protester looks on as he rests at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An anti-government protester rests at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters rest at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists storm the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters rest at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-government protesters stand at a road block in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Two months after the protests began in November over his decision to back out of an EU pact Yanukovych on Saturday offered to share leadership with Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister and Vitali Klitschko as deputy prime minister in a bid to end the crisis.AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A protester looks at police forces leaving the Ukrainian House, where they had based their troops, after opposition supporters stormed the flashpoint building and ousted them from the premises in new clashes in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Police forces leave the Ukrainian House, where they had based their troops, after opposition supporters stormed the flashpoint building and ousted them from the premises in new clashes in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists storm the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists carry a wounded person as they stormed the Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. Ukrainian television said that around 200 police forces left the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, a Soviet-era exhibition hall used by troops as a base, by a side entrance. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition activists guard a barricade on Independence Square in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Opposition leader head of UDAR (Punch) party Vitali Klitschko looks on as opposition protesters storm of Ukrainian House, where the riot police have based their troops, in Kiev on January 26, 2014. The Ukrainian opposition vowed to press on with protests despite an offer of top posts made by President Viktor Yanukovych as protesters took control of another building in the capital Sunday. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)