Twenty-five people have been killed in fighting between anti-government protesters and police in the capital Kiev. Ten police officers were among the dead. After yesterday’s deadly clashes the standoff between protesters and government continues. EU to discuss sanctions on tomorrow's urgent meeting, reports Euronews.

Earlier, France and Poland called on the European Union to impose targeted sanctions on those responsible for the deadly violence in Ukraine as early as Thursday. "The president condemned the unacceptable police violence and called for its immediate end," French President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement after 25 people were killed on Tuesday.  "He agreed with (Poland's) President Tusk on the need for quick and targeted sanctions against those responsible for these acts." Hollande called on the EU to make preparations so that sanctions could be imposed at a meeting of foreign ministers set for Thursday.

According to the information spread on Euronews, it is reported, that EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has just called for an urgent meeting of foreign Affairs Committee tomorrow at 14:00 in Brussels to analyze the situation in Ukraine: "In light of the tragic deterioration of the situation", Ashton calls, "upon all responsible immediately to cease violence".