Photo-fact: Belarusians bring candles to Ukrainian embassy in Vilnius

Belarusian activists paid tribute to the memory of killed Ukrainian protesters.

They brought candles to Ukraine's embassy in the Lithuanian capital, Nasha Niva reports.

The most violent clashes between protesters and the police erupted in Kyiv on February 18. They began yesterday after opening a session of the Verkhovna Rada, which was expected to resolve the political conflict in the country. The protesters faced fire from shotguns. The riot police used stun grenades, rubber bullets and grape-shot. Activists set up new barricades near the Verkhovna Rada building, but had to leave the parliament district later. Health officials and MPs reported about five killed people. The death toll rose to 19 after a police attack on Maidan Nezalezhnosti at night. Some hundreds of protesters were injured.