1034 GMT: The bodies of eight demonstrators are lying outside Kiev's main post office on Independence Square, an AFP reporter says.
The bodies of 17 other demonstrators with apparent gunshot wounds can also be seen in the vicinity of two hotels on opposite sides of the protest encampment.
WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT on deadly clashes between armed protesters and riot police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, as the country's embattled president holds urgent talks with EU foreign ministers on the raging crisis.
At least 25 protesters were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police.
The violence flared when masked protesters pelted Molotov cocktails and rocks at thick lines of armed police in Kiev's central Independence Square, the epicentre of the ex-Soviet country's three-month-old political crisis.
Stay with us for updates as events unfold.
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