KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's police force has been armed with combat weapons, the country's acting interior minister said on Thursday, after two days of fierce fighting on the streets of Kiev killed more than 50 people.
A months-long stand-off between "Berkut" riot policemen and protesters demanding regime change erupted in fresh violence this week and the government is under pressure from both Russia and the West to regain control of the situation.
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