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People carry a coffin of a man who was killed during recent clashes, as they gather at Independence Square on February 22, 2014. Newly freed Ukrainian opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko received a rapturous welcome on Independence Square on February 22, 2014, declaring “You are heroes, you are the best of Ukraine” to the 50,000-strong crowd before breaking down in tears. The latest developments in the ex-Soviet nation’s three-month political crisis came after protesters took control of Kiev’s charred city centre and seized Yanukovych’s lavish residence on a day of dramatic twists and turns. AFP PHOTO /BULENT KILIC