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WATCH: Live footage of violent protests in Kiev

Will Rahn Senior Editor
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Live footage broadcast by the independent Ukrainian television station Espreso TV shows the clashes between police and pro-Western protesters Tuesday in Kiev. The sometimes-harrowing footage features scenes of real violence in Kiev’s Independence Square as fireworks, Molotov cocktails and homemade bombs explode.

Police are expected to advance on the protesters sometime Tuesday. For The Washington Post’s rundown of why the protests are heating up, click here.

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