Sabra Ayers News Today

With a wall of smoke. the riot police have been sending throughout the day spray war cannons, stun grenades. there has been shooting of rubber bullets. all this stuff going on last night as well. the protesters are down there. probably 10, 15,000 of them. theres more people going down. they are defiant to stay down there despite indications from president that hes not backing down. he believes the government is conducting anti-terrorist operations. >> tell me, sabra, how many people have died so...

Police officers, police officers and protesters. the numbers are growing, severely injured in hospitals. last night the burning of the trade union building protesters have taken over months before, ive heard they discovered some bodies in there. >> sabra, the protesters, what they want is to be more like the west, right? when that trade deal went away, thats when this all started. >> initially thats when they took to the streets. however the main source of protesters they want him to step down. ...

were hoping for closer relations with europe and becoming part of the european union. thats when the protest started. the government responded with a forceful crackdown making protests illegal restricting internet access and kicking out so-called foreign agents. the protesters say they wont back down until they get a trade deal with europe and new elections. joining us live by phone, grn reporter in ukraine today. set the scene for us. what kind of violence is going on right now, if an...