At least 75 people have died as a result of street clashes in Kyiv since February 18, the Ukrainian Health Ministry reported on its Web site.

According to the ministry, a total of 571 people in Kyiv sought first aid since Tuesday morning, 363 of them were hospitalized.

At the same time, Batkivschyna Party first deputy chief Oleksandr Turchynov said that more than 100 people had died since the standoff began in Kyiv.

"We have lost over 100 people since the beginning of the standoff," he told Verkhovna Rada on Thursday night.