Politicians Trade Blows as a Fight Breaks Out in Ukraine Parliament During Budget Debate

A budget debate in the Ukrainian Parliament became heated as politicians traded punches.MPs representing opposition parties interrupted the debate on the country's budget for 2014. Once things had calmed down, the 2014 state budget was approved despite the attempts to block proceedings.

The fight in parliament comes just days after Ukraine's opposition leader Yury Lutsenko was injured in clashes with police in Kiev, after anti-government protests again erupted into violence. Lutsenko, a former interior minister, was photographed lying unconscious on the ground with a bleeding head, after reportedly being beaten by a riot officer when he tried to intervene in a confrontation between police and protesters.

With the centre of Kiev still blocked by a large tent camp and gigantic barricades, as demonstrators protest against the government's decision to withdraw from talks with the EU over a free trade pact, we look at recent unrest in Kiev in pictures.