Thread necromancy in light of the recent deaths in the Ukraine.
Things seem to be spiralling now, possibly beginning to come to a head. What started as a seemingly pro-EU rally is now primarily engaged on removing Yanukovich. Vitality Klitschko, the figurehead of the opposition, has said that the president should announce that is standing down and elections will be called, and has warned that "tomorrow, if the president does not respond... then we will go on the attack".
There's supposedly a crowd growing outside the US embassy and eggs have been thrown at the welcome sign amidst accusations from certain usual sources that the West is stirring up the protests in order to remove the pro-Russian Yanukovich.
I can't help but ponder how this is being viewed in the Kremlin, would Putin act to support Yanukovich if an armed uprising took place? Will Yanukovich release the army on the protesters? Tanks have been spotted on train transports but any relation to the protests have been denied strongly.
I suspect that Thursday may be a very interesting day for the Ukraine if Klitschko gets his way.
There's a live streaming video from the Ukraine, in Ukrainian:
Live updates in English here:
http://rt.com/news/kiev-protest-clashes-updates-862/
What appears to be live footage from the rooftops near the frontline of the protest:
http://rt.com/on-air/ukraine-kiev-police-protesters/
In slightly lighter news, the protesters did create their own catapult to launch rocks at the police, who responded with Roman-esque shield turtle tactics.
And, of course, the inevitable gas mask photo:
