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Acceleration of Euromaidan: dozens of victims
The Kyiv police brutally dispersed the rally of supporters of European integration on Independence Square, eyewitnesses from the scene report. The strip of Euromaidan began at about 4 a.m. The fighters of the Golden Eagle detachment beat peaceful demonstrators with clubs, dozens of victims turned to medical help mainly with broken heads. More than 30 people were detained.
At the time of the assault on the square, there were several hundred demonstrators. Among them there were no opposition leaders. At that moment, mobile communications were jammed in the center of Kyiv, information about the dispersal appeared late.
The police took the square in a dense ring. After the dispersal of demonstrators from Euromaidan, by trucks, barrels, firewood, blankets and other things are taken out by trucks, Echo Moscow reports.
The leader of the opposition faction "Fatherland" Arseniy Yatsenyuk arrived in the Shevchenkovsky police department in order to achieve the liberation of the detainees. As the deputy of the "Fatherland" Andrei Shevchenko told Interfax, the police have 33 detained activists.
Supporters of European integration gather in the Mikhailovsky Cathedral. The spokesman for the stroke faction Oksana Zinovieva informed Interfax that there were about a hundred participants in the overheated Euromaidan on the territory of the cathedral. “They are very frightened. This is all nonsense,” she said.
According to Zinovieva, five people who suffered during the acceleration of Euromaidan in Kyiv, were sent to the hospital from the Shevchenkovsky branch of the police.
According to Interfax, about 50 participants in the Euromaidan, headed by deputy Anatoly Gritsenko, liberated three detainees from a car carrier, blocked him by a car of the singer Ruslana. Three activists were detained that they went out with a banner on the roadway. After negotiations with the protesters, the police released them.
On Saturday afternoon, the Ukrainian Independent News Bureau reported the resignation of the head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Sergei Levochkin. “The decision could be caused by disagreement with the actions of the police to accelerate Euromaidan in the center of Kyiv,” the source of Interfax-Ukraine commented on events. At the same time, the wife of Levochkin, the artist Zinaida Likhacheva, according to NBN, took part in the rally of supporters of European integration.
Representatives of the European Union condemned the use of force against demonstrators on Independence Maidan in Kyiv. Such a statement on Twitter was made by Linas Linkyavichyus, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, presiding in the EU. "We condemn the beating of peaceful Protestants on the Maidan of Independence in Kyiv. The use of brutal force is unacceptable," the politician wrote.
His Swedish colleague Karl Bildt in the microblog said that repressions against supporters of European integration in Kyiv are caused by “deep concern”. He promised that in the EU they would monitor the development of events.
Earlier, violence on Independence Maidan was condemned in the United States. "We urge the Government of Ukraine to respect the rights of civil society and the principles of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, which are fundamental for democratic values and the cornerstone of our strategic partnership," the US Embassy said in Ukraine.
The day before, the participants of the Euromaidan demanded the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych. "The President, the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers were unable to ensure the implementation of the strategic geopolitical course in the development of the state," the rally resolution , published in Ukrainian Pravda, said.
Protesters decided to form the Coordinating Council of Euromaidan from among famous experts, public activists, leaders of student organizations and representatives of parliamentary opposition parties, "to ensure a dialogue between Ukrainian civil society and the European community."
The rally participants demanded to stop repressions against activists of Euromaidan, students, public activists, and opposition leaders.
On December 1, on the anniversary of the referendum on the independence of Ukraine, in the center of Kyiv a "people's veche" will be held, at which participants in the protest movement will determine further actions, the resolution says.
The rally was attended by tens of thousands of people. The police removed the cordon on both sides of Khreshchatyk. The participants of the action reached the roadway. Khreshchatyk was blocked towards European square. There, the authorities organized an alternative rally.
Earlier, the American ambassador to Ukraine, Jeffrey Payette , said that the United States warns the Ukrainian authorities against the use of force against the protesters in Kiev and warn of serious consequences for bilateral relations in case of acceleration of Euromaidan.
The evening of Friday began with the skirmishes of the Berkut, protesters protesting with the fighters . The police blocked the rally participants, standing on the lines on both sides of Khreshchatyk.
Several dozen special forces fighters blocked the opposition buses with sound equipment. Near the buses surrounded by the "Golden Eagle", smoke bombs were lit. A fight began with the participation of the so -called "titles" (provocateurs, guys of sports physique, which appear where excessive civil activity begins). The Berkut fighters stopped the fight. However, one of the activists of "Freedom" was injured in the head and was hospitalized.
Earlier in the Mariinsky Park, about 5 thousand "Titus" gathered. According to eyewitnesses, they had the same heavy iron pipes. Trying to withdraw the report to reporters of the "Gromadsky television tank" defeated the camera, took the flash drive, the journalists were beaten. Two policemen who came to the aid of reporters were also beaten.
On Friday, Yanukovych at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius finally refused to sign an association agreement with the EU. According to Kommersant-Ukraine, the EU was ready to abandon the demand for the liberation of Yulia Tymoshenko, and also proposed specific measures to overcome the negative economic consequences from signing the agreement. Negotiations with Yanukovych first led the heads of the European Commission and the European Council, and then the leaders of Lithuania and Germany.
On November 21, the Ukrainian government ordered to suspend the process of preparing for the conclusion of an agreement on the Association between Ukraine and the EU. This led to numerous protests throughout the country ( 
