The security agency said protesters have seized over 1,500 firearms
and seized control of the capital's central post office as they continue
to fight off police attempts to break up a giant opposition tent camp.
The latest attempt to quell the unrest comes as Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has accused pro-European opposition leaders of trying to seize power by force as violence in Independence Square reportedly left 25 people dead and many more injured following clashes between police and protesters.
"Without any mandate from the people, illegally and in breach of the constitution of Ukraine, these politicians - if I may use that term - have resorted to pogroms, arson and murder to try to seize power," the president said.
The European Union has said it expects to agree possible sanctions on those behind "repression" in the country following the renewed violence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman insisted the Kremlin was sticking to a policy of not intervening in Ukraine, although his spokesman has called for action to crush the protests. The Kremlin said Putin and Yanukovich spoke by telephone overnight, calling the events an attempted coup.
The Polish Border Guard service said dozens of Ukrainians had blocked a road to the border crossing off and anti government protesters broke into a station in western Ukraine, Lvov, the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reports and released all prisoners held in the building.
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The latest attempt to quell the unrest comes as Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has accused pro-European opposition leaders of trying to seize power by force as violence in Independence Square reportedly left 25 people dead and many more injured following clashes between police and protesters.
"Without any mandate from the people, illegally and in breach of the constitution of Ukraine, these politicians - if I may use that term - have resorted to pogroms, arson and murder to try to seize power," the president said.
The European Union has said it expects to agree possible sanctions on those behind "repression" in the country following the renewed violence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman insisted the Kremlin was sticking to a policy of not intervening in Ukraine, although his spokesman has called for action to crush the protests. The Kremlin said Putin and Yanukovich spoke by telephone overnight, calling the events an attempted coup.
The Polish Border Guard service said dozens of Ukrainians had blocked a road to the border crossing off and anti government protesters broke into a station in western Ukraine, Lvov, the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reports and released all prisoners held in the building.
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