Gunfire was heard on Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in the small hours of Monday, activists said.
"An armed provocation was staged in the third barricaded area overnight. The attackers were wearing balaclava hats. Maidan hundreds were alerted and drove away the assailants," the Central Council of Maidan Hundreds reported on Facebook on Monday.
Eyewitnesses confirmed the overnight clash and automatic gunfire on Maidan.
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