13 dead in Kiev as riot police storm camp

At least 13 people, including six police, were killed last night as thousands of police charged into the opposition camp in Ukraine’s capital that has been the epicentre of nearly three months of anti-government protests.

The police dismantled some of the barricades on the perimeter of Independence Square in Kiev, and many of the demonstrators’ tents were set on fire.

However, the 20,000 protesters fought back, armed with rocks, bats and fire bombs, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem.