telegraph_Pro-European protestors remain in effective control of a large part of central Kiev nearly 24 hours after tens of thousands occupied the capital’s Independence Square in defiance of a court order on Sunday.
Protesters have blocked off the Ukrainian government's main headquarters in protest at its decision to suspend moves to deepen integration with Europe and to revive economic ties with Russia.
The atmosphere in the Ukrainian capital was peaceful but tense on Monday morning, as thousands of people angry about their government’s refusal to sign a trade and association deal with the European Union picketed government buildings and occupied the city’s central square for a second day running.
Several hundred people who barricaded themselves into the city’s Independence Square on Sunday night were joined by several thousand others on Monday morning in what many hope is the beginning of a revolution that will bring down the government of president Viktor Yanukovych.
While a line of riot police remained on guard outside the presidential administration building, which was the scene of violent clashes on Sunday, the police presence in the centre of Kiev was almost non-existent.
The authorities have made no attempt to clear the makeshift barricades protestors have erected around Independence Square and near government buildings in the city centre, or to evict them from City Hall, which has been occupied and converted into a kind of headquarters by the protestors.
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