Sonja Puzic CTVNews.ca
Published Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:53PM EST
Activists burn tyres at barricades close to Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, as, according to the protesters, the resulting heavy black smoke does not allow riot police snipers to aim easily at protesters. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
At least 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the deadliest day of anti-government protests in Kyiv on Thursday. Here are some of the harrowing images shared by those on the ground: activists, journalists and city residents. (Warning: Some of the images are disturbing.)