A young demonstrator named as Serhiy Nigoyan has died amid fresh violence in Kiev.
Oleg Musiy, the medical services co-ordinator for the “Euromaidan” protest camp, told the Kiev-based news agency, Kyivpost, that Nigoyan had four wounds to the head and other injuries to the neck and chest.
The Ukrainian interior ministry confirmed the fatality.
It is unclear if the wounds were caused by rubber bullets or live ammunition.
The opposition said a second person also died, ...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.