Wednesday 22 January 2014 14.05 The European Union threatened to take action against Ukraine over its handling of anti-government protests after three people died during violent clashes in Kiev.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the EU was shocked by the deaths, deplored the use of force and called on all sides to immediately halt violence.
"If there is a systematic violation of human rights, including shooting at peaceful demonstrators or serious attacks to the basic freedoms ... then we have to rethink our relationship with Ukraine and possibly (there will be) some consequences," he said.
Mr Barroso added that it was too soon to say what the consequences might be.
During overnight violence in Kiev, two people died from gunshot wounds while a third was said to have fallen from the top of the Dynamo soccer stadium, the general prosecutor's office said.
The anti-government protests erupted last November after President Viktor Yanukovych shunned a trade pact with the EU at the last moment and instead turned to Russia for financial aid.
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkevicius said on Monday that further violence could lead to EU sanctions against Ukraine, although no official discussions have been held so far.
The US embassy in Kiev said it had revoked the visas of several unidentified Ukrainians in response to action taken against protesters in November and December and said further measures could be taken.
Earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said "terrorists" were threatening the lives of ordinary citizens in the capital and the "criminal" actions of protesters will be punished.
Demonstrators threw petrol bombs and police responded with rubber bullets and stun grenades.
The latest clashes broke out when police, using tear gas, tried to dismantle a protest camp but were repelled by demonstrators hurling home-made petrol bombs, witnesses said.
Mr Yanukovych has agreed to meet the three main opposition leaders for talks on the crisis.
Poland's foreign ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador in Warsaw to voice its concern about the crackdown on anti-government protests in Kiev.
Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, secretary of state at the ministry, told the ambassador that Poland felt "deep concern" about new laws in Ukraine restricting protests, and said the flare-up of violence this week might be linked to the new restrictions.
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