KIEV, January 23. /ITAR-TASS/. The number of policemen, who were wounded in riots in Kiev, rose to 218. Ninety-nine of them were taken to hospital, the press service of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported on Thursday.
“Wounded people were diagnosed with head injuries, bone fractures, burns, lacerated wounds and poisoning with unclear substances,” the press service said.
Clashes between protesters and police have been going on in Grushevsky Street since January 19.
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