UKRAINE- Nine people arrested for protesting during clashes between pro-EU protesters and riot police has been freed by Ukrainian court.

On November 30, violence erupted when police tried to drive protesters away from the presidential administration in Kiev after President Yanukovych pulled out of an association agreement with Brussels, which would have been a crucial step towards the former Soviet republic's integration into the EU.

The first round of talks between protesters and President Viktor Yanukovych has made little progress.

There is every possibility that all is not well in Ukraine as hundreds of demonstrators remain camped out in freezing temperatures on Independence Square, behind barricades of snow and ice, reinforced with pallets, benches, metal barriers and wire netting.