The US and EU have sharply criticised a raid by thousands of Ukrainian riot police on a Kiev square occupied by protesters demanding the resignation of the President.

美国和欧盟都尖锐地批评袭击由成千上万的乌克兰防暴警察组成的示威者，占领了基辅广场要求总统辞职。

The swoop came despite President Yanukovych being midway through talks with envoys from the West to try to resolve the impasse created by his refusal to sign a deal with the European Union in favour of links with the Kremlin.

尽管亚努科维奇总统是中途通过与西方使节会谈，试图解决由于他的拒绝产生的僵局并赞成与克里姆林宫签署一项协议。

Overnight Mr Yanukovych’s security forces succeeded in dismantling several barricades and cutting back the protesters’ area but they were unable to clear the area of dissent completely.

隔夜亚努科维奇先生的安全部队成功地清除一些路障和削减抗议者的地区，但他们无法完全清除异己的区域。