Thousands besiege Govt buildings in bid to remove Ukraine PM

Thousands of Ukrainian protesters have blocked entrances to the government building and called for the removal of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the president’s decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the EU gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule.

The besieging of the building follows a huge rally in the capital by hundreds of thousands Ukrainians on Sunday which was mostly peaceful until a group of protesters tried to storm president Viktor Yanukovych’s office. After hours of scuffles, police chased protesters away with tear gas and truncheons.