Protesters throw Molotov cocktails at police during clashes in the center of Kiev on January 22, 2014. Ukrainian police on Wednesday stormed protesters’ barricades in Kiev amid violent clashes where two activists were shot dead, the first fatalities in two months of anti-government protests. Pitched battles raged in the centre of the Ukrainian capital as protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at police and the security forces responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets. AFP PHOTO/ VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV