Maria Danilova and Yuras Karmanau Posts

As fires burned in central Kiev for a second night Wednesday, Ukraine's embattled president replaced the chief of the country's armed forces and the military announced it could take part in a national anti-terrorist operation to restore order. The move, announced in a decree from President Viktor Yanukovych, came a day after 25 people were killed and nearly 250 injured in clashes between police and protesters at the sprawling protest camp in central Kiev.

Protests in Kiev spread out to the rest of the Ukraine, forcing President Viktor Yanukovych to address reform measures, as well as promise to release many of the imprisoned protesters. The protests were amplified by an anti-protest law pushed through last week, backfiring for the government.