The situation in Kiev is turning worse despite President’s ‘Truce’
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Harrowing footage has emerged which shows a group of anti-government protesters being picked off by special force snipers while progressing through Kiev’s Independence Square.
As medics try to attend to the victims, the snipers continue to fire shots at the group.
The footage comes just hours after Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych declared that he had reached a “truce” with the opposition.”
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YouTube The horrifying footage shows government snipers opening fire on a group of 20 anti-government protesters and medics
Sniper’s Take Aim
Fierce clashes continued on the bloodiest day of the unrest with BBC reporting at least 22 dead so far. Twenty six were killed yesterday.
The Ukrainian opposition and at least 10 pro-government MPs have called for an emergency parliamentary meeting as a conclusion to the unrest is sought.
Carl Bildt, the Swedish Foreign Minister, tweeted that there is “no doubt live ammunition used” by government forces in Kiev clashes in what is a “truly alarming development”.
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“Sweden‘s Euro 2012 squad playing England tomorrow have been rapped by their country’s prime minister for conducting a bizarre bare-bottomed training session.
A hugely embarrassing film shows reserve goalkeeper Johan Wiland on all fours with his shorts lowered, as players fire off shots at his exposed buttocks.
Sweden Keeper Johan Wiland Uses BUM for Target Practice
The team were playing a game called ‘the pig’ in which players volley the ball to each other.
As ‘punishment’ for letting the ball drop, Wiland was made to get on his hands and knees for the humiliating naked ritual.
Sweden were defeated by Ukraine on Monday and must beat England in Kiev on Friday to stand a chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals.
But instead of a rigorous practice session at their training ground, they were caught playing the oddball game popular in school playgrounds.
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt today lashed out at the national team that now has the hopes of the country on its shoulders.
He told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper: ‘People who carry expectations should be aware of that and act accordingly.
‘It’s important to reflect on how what one does in order to meet expectations.’
Centre Party leader Annie Loof described the game as ‘tasteless’, adding to the paper: ‘They are really not being good role models.’
And Goran Hagglund, leader of the Christian Democrat party, said: ‘I do not think they should be engaging in these types of games.’
The head of Sweden’s anti-bullying group Friends also told Expressen: “They have shown unbelievably poor judgment.
hey are heroes for thousands of boys and girls across Sweden and I don’t think they should send signals that this is okay.
‘These sorts of games happen at schools and at sports clubs, but there are also children who end up vulnerable in these situations.’
But the team’s press spokesman Hans Hultman refused to apologise for the incident, describing it as ‘no big deal’.
He said last night: ‘It’s a game the players play in different ways. There’s nothing else to it.’
A group of teenagers in Kiev climbs a suspension bridge pylon—without a safety rope in sight. One teen is wearing a camera mounted on his head; he passes a friend with her legs wrapped, Spider-Man-style, in the bridge’s cables. She’s wearing sandals, the Telegraph notes. Spoiler alert: The group makes it to the top, and since the video’s been posted, we can assume they made it back down.
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