While we assume NATO's Rasmussen's appearance in Kiev [5]is not responsible, Kiev is burning once again [5]. As RT reports [6], activists and police have clashed in the Ukrainian capital’s center after communal workers tried to dismantle an activist camp, following a months-old conflict over the camp with the city administration.
#Ukraine [7]: Tires burning at Kiev's Maidan Square pic.twitter.com/3UUBcf4y7j [8] http://t.co/YtaPqbJrkM [9]
— RT (@RT_com) August 7, 2014 [10]
BREAKING: Police & activists clash on Maidan, tires burn anew in central Kiev http://t.co/oJPq9PIhzh [11] #Ukraine [7] pic.twitter.com/7HMEaeJml7 [12]
— RT (@RT_com) August 7, 2014 [13]
#Ukraine [7]: Black smoke billows as tires burn on Kiev's Maidan Square http://t.co/oJPq9PIhzh [11] pic.twitter.com/lnbZoNQajc [14]
— RT (@RT_com) August 7, 2014 [15]
Eerily reminiscent of the devastation from mere months ago...
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My friend in Kiev just sent me this photo. This is the city centre today. pic.twitter.com/WX5JPw7WHA [24]
— Bryan MacDonald (@27KHV) August 7, 2014 [25]
Maidan burning. City authorities backed up by the Kiev Battalion cleared a section of the protest camp #Ukraine [7] pic.twitter.com/AVKRUN0aLN [26]
— Simon Ostrovsky (@SimonOstrovsky) August 7, 2014 [27]
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Here we go again...