After a peaceful couple of nights, things are starting to break down again. More cities have seen unrest in the western side of the country, the more EU leaning side as Skybird has pointed out, whereas the coal mining region of Donbass in the east has started rallying in support of Yanukovich. So the east/west split is being shown in all its glory.
The interior minister Zakharchenko has stated that he believes that negotiations are 'futile' and that the opposition is unable to control its more radical elements (he probably has a point there, to be fair).
The map below shows cities where anti-government protests have taken place:
To quote the BBC (where the image is from):
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In the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk, some 1,500 protesters occupied the regional administration and barricaded themselves in the building. They are now demanding that the local governor should resign immediately.
In Chernivsti, also in the west, crowds stormed the governor's office as police tried to protect the building. People shouted "Shame on you!" and "Resign!"
In Lutsk, in the north-west, a big demonstration was being held outside the local administration.
Regional offices were being blockaded in the western city of Uzhgorod and unrest was reported in the eastern city of Sumy.
In Lviv, protesters have built barricades around the governor's office that they seized on Thursday. There were also reports that some members of the special police, Berkut, were resigning.
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