At
least 17 protesters have been killed in renewed clashes with police in central
Kiev after a truce agreed on Wednesday broke down, eyewitnesses say.
Witnesses reported live rounds, petrol bombs and water cannon at
the main protest site, Independence Square, reports BBC.
A meeting between EU foreign ministers and President Viktor
Yanukovych is now under way, officials say, contradicting earlier reports that
the ministers had flown out without seeing him.
The talks were moved from their original
location, for security reasons, officials said, and were at first reported
cancelled.
A full meeting of EU foreign ministers and the EU foreign policy
envoy Catherine Ashton will take place later on Thursday.
