International Kiev Death Toll at Least 50 as Truce Collapses
At least 22 people died today after clashes flared again in Kiev -- a deadly escalation of violence in the Ukrainian capital one day after a ceasefire was issued, the Associated Press reported.
Security forces fired live ammunition at protesters carrying sticks and makeshift shields. Molotov cocktails were thrown at police. Medics used the lobby of one hotel as a hospital and a morgue, with scores of bodies laid out under sheets near the reception desk.
Security forces have taken up positions in the upper levels of buildings, using the vantage to shoot at protesters.
The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Poland are reported to be meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev.
The European Union will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels later today to consider sanctions.
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