The latest news from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, includes:
— Word that anti-government demonstrations have spread to cities where the citizens normally show support for President Viktor Yanukovych. (Morning Edition)
— A warning from Ukraine's justice minister to "anti-government protesters occupying her ministry [that] she will call for a state of emergency if they do not leave." (BBC News)
— The likelihood that "imposing a state of emergency would ... further anger protesters, who on Sunday mourned Mikhailo Zhyznevsky, one of at least three victims of clashes between police and protesters last week. Thousands marched behind the coffin carrying the body of Zhyznevsky, a Belarusian who lived in Ukraine. He died of gunshot wounds." (The Guardian)
As for what would happen if a state of emergency is declared, BBC correspondent David Stern says "the question at the heart of the debate is whether the government can count on the loyalty of enough troops to first clear the streets of Ukraine's cities, and then deal with the inevitable violent backlash."