Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. While russia is hosting the winter olympic violence is erupting next door, the former soviet republic of kiev. This is a live picture of kiev, a city of almost three million, where riot police are battling an estimated 20,000 protesters. The protesters are demanding closer economic ties to western europe, while the Ukrainian Government has been moving closer to moscow. Today, thousands of police stormed the protesters camp in kievs Independence Square. Tonight, it is chaos. Casualty figures are unreliable but the latest official number is 20 dead, 100 wounded. Katie stallard of Sky Television news is in kiev tonight. Katie, would you mind just katie, would you mind just having a look behind you and describing to me what you see going on in the square . In Independence Square as we speak. The fires are burning. There are remains of what were the protesters tents.
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