The protests in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev are starting their third month, and the political crisis in the country is deepening. Meanwhile, the situation in the streets is not as violent as before.
Ukraine: third month of protests
The protests in the Ukranean capital of Kiev are starting their third month
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Kiev and other cities in Ukraine have been riled by often violent street riots since late November 2013
© EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO Opposition supporters in military uniforms and carrying sticks as weapons, line up in front of the city council building before marching toward the parliament in Kiev on Feb. 4, 2014
© AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Opposition supporters carrying baseball sticks walk past a poster where Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (R) and former PM Mykola Azarov (R) are seen behind bars
© AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Though currently the situation in Kiev is rather peaceful, radical protesters prefer to hold on to their weapons. Image shows radical protest group practicing fighting skills
© AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov Protesters have long got used to the life on edge. This image shows an opposition supporter and his future bride after he asked her to marry him at barricades in central Kiev
© AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky A protester smokes a cigarette near a metal barrel with fire. Barrel fires were the main way to warm yourself when temperatures in Kiev dropped to 20 degrees below zero in the end of January
© EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO A woman sells flags of the European Union and Ukraine in a street heading to Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of protests
© AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti A protester guards the barricade in front of riot police
© AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov