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Anti-government protesters help a wounded protester during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Anti-government protesters carry a wounded policemen during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky), APTOPIX
TOPSHOTS Anti-government protesters who were wounded during last night's deadly clashes with riot police on Kiev's Indepndence Square, rest on February 19, 2014 in Mykhaylo Gold Dome cathedral which was turned into a hospital. Anti-government protesters in Kiev braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police after a day of fierce clashes left at least 25 people dead in Ukraine's worst crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union. AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII BOIKO
TOPSHOTS A wounded anti-government protester is evacuated during clashes with riot police on Kiev's Independence square on February 19, 2014. Protesters braced on February 19 for a fresh assault by riot police in central Kiev after a day of clashes left at least 25 people dead in the worst violence since the start of Ukraine's three-month political crisis. As dawn rose over Kiev's battered city centre, protesters hurled paving stones and Molotov cocktails at lines of riot police that had pushed into the heart of the devastated protest camp on Independence Square. AFP PHOTO / PIERO QUARANTA
KIEV, UKRAINE, FEBRUARY 18, 2014: A wounded demonstrator receives medical assistance at Saint Michaels Cathedral in central Kiev during street clashes between riot police and pro EU and anti government demonstrators in the Ukrainian capitol Kiev. The cathedral and monastery opened its doors to demonstrators as a place to rest during street clashes between riot police and pro EU and anti government demonstrators. Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured in clashes the day and night before in the city center. A protest movement centered on Independence Square, which has been ongoing for approximately 3 months and has been dubbed the Euro Maidan (Euro Square) by the demonstrators, began in November after the Ukrainian government said it would not sign an EU Association Agreement that would have brought the nation closer to the European Union.
KIEV, UKRAINE, FEBRUARY 19, 2014: Andrij, 34, lays on a mattress on the floor in a makeshift medical clinic in the office of an NGO in the Ukrainian capital Kiev that has made space available for wounded demonstrators, some of whom are afraid to go to the hospital because they are fearful they will be detained there by the police. On Tuesday morning, as demonstrators went to picket parliament, Andrij stayed back to rest in the occupied Zhovtnevi Palace, which was renamed Svoboda, or Freedom, Palace by demonstrators. He found himself trapped inside the building as riot police entered after they pushed back demonstrators during fierce clashes in which dozens died and hundreds were wounded. Andrij was beaten repeatedly by several different groups of riot police before being let go. He suffered a broken arm, severely bruised legs, a concussion and other injuries.
A wounded anti-government protester is pictured during clashes with police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building. AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOV
Red Cross workers give first aid to policemen wounded during clashes with anti-government protester in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building. AFP PHOTO/GENYA SAVILOV
Policemen run amid flames during clashes with anti-government protesters in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building. AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV
Policemen try to avoid flames from molotov cocktails during clashes with anti-government protesters in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building. AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV
TOPSHOTS Red Cross workers give first aid to policemen wounded during clashes with anti-government protester in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building. AFP PHOTO/GENYA SAVILOV
Head of UDAR (Punch) party Vitali Klitschko together with other anti-government protesters carry a man wounded during a clash with police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as they demonstrated close to Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Police also responded with smoke bombs after protesters hurled paving stones at them as they sought to get closer to the heavily-fortified parliament building. AFP PHOTO/ YURY KIRNICHNY
An anti-government protester is engulfed in flames during clashes with riot police outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of angry anti-government protesters clashed with police in a new eruption of violence following new maneuvering by Russia and the European Union to gain influence over this former Soviet republic. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky), APTOPIX
KIEV, UKRAINE, FEBRUARY 18, 2014: Volunteer medics and demonstrators care for a police officer after he was wounded on Institutska Street near Ukraine's parliament. Pro EU and anti government demonstrators clashed with police in the Ukrainian capitol Kiev on Tuesday with media reports saying that at least 5 people were killed during the confrontations. A short distance away is Independence Square, which has been the center of a protest movement for approximately 3 months and has been dubbed the Euro Maidan (Euro Square) by the demonstrators. The protest movement began in November after the Ukrainian government said it would not sign an EU Association Agreement that would have brought the nation closer to the European Union.