Ukrainian protesters have broken police lines to advance on buildings

controlled by the main governing party. Reports have emerged that three

protesters have been killed.

Continuing the opposition’s long fight,

20 000 people massed Tuesday outside parliament to push lawmakers to

return Ukraine to its 2004 constitution, under which key powers would

shift from President Viktor Yanukovych to legislators. In what the

opposition had called a “peaceful offensive” to pressure lawmakers, the

demonstrators marched from Kyiv’s Independence Square, where protesters

have maintained their headquarters over three months of uprising against

Yanukovych’s rule.