Via AFP:

1844 GMT: With nightfall settling on an uneasy Kiev, AFP's Live Report is going offline -- for now. Should major developments break overnight in Ukraine, we will crank back up to bring you the latest from this flashpoint city.

Meanwhile, here is a look at today's major developments in Ukraine, where pitched street battles between anti-government protesters and riot police shook the capital:

- an opposition medic says more than 60 anti-government protesters died today from gunshot wounds in Kiev, making it the bloodiest day of violence since Ukraine's independence

- City authorities q...

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