About a hundred police officers have got out of three buses at the intersection of Khmelnytsky and Khreschatyk Streets.

An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported that they are in full gear, in helmets and with shields.

The buses were parked close to the barricades built by protesters.

Activist Vitaliy Umanets said on Twitter that Berkut riot police officers had blocked Khreschatyk from Besarabska Square.