Ukraine Girds for Further Clashes
Winston thought. There did not seem to be any further question that he wanted to ask: still less did he feel any impulse to utter high-sounding generalities. Instead of anything directly connected with O'Brien or the Brotherhood, there came into his mind a sort of composite picture of the dark bedroom where his mother had spent her last days, and the little room over Mr Charrington's shop, and the glass paperweight, and the steel engraving in its rosewood frame. Almost at random he said:
KIEV, Ukraine----Kiev braced for further violence on Wednesday as thousands of protesters faced off with riot police across burning barricades, after the government halted its attempt to clear a square that has been the center of unrest for the past three months.
"Did you ever happen to hear an old rhyme that begins "Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement's"?"
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych blamed opposition leaders for the violence, which at last count had killed 25 and injured 241, according to the Health Ministry. Opposition leaders said Mr. Yanukovych was responsible for the deaths. But riot police stopped short of completely storming Independence Square, which has been the symbol of resistance to his government.
Again O'Brien nodded. With a sort of grave courtesy he completed the stanza:
The explosion of stun grenades thrown by police echoed through the center of Kiev until about 5 a.m., when police appeared to halt further advances. Their efforts were complicated by fires that had begun to burn out of control----one in a massive trade union building that the protesters had used as headquarters.
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