Rising tension in Ukraine.<br /> <br />That's where 100,000 protesters in the capitol, Kiev, called for the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovich on Sunday.<br /> <br />They tried to break through a barricade outside the presidential compound but were met with tear gas and batons.<br /> <br />A violent crackdown on protesters, many of them students, two nights before, only fueled their rage.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) KIEV PROTESTER, VOLODYMIR, SAYING:<br /> <br />"What sort of authorities are they to beat children? We can't step aside, can't stay home. The feeling of hatred to these authorities overwhelms me."<br /> <br />Protesters are angry that the former Soviet-bloc nation has backed away from plans to forge closer ties with the European Union - choosing, instead, to improve ties with Russia.<br /> <br />At one point on Sunday, protesters scuffled with masked men.<br /> <br />They insist the young men were put there by the government to discredit the demonstrations.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) PROTESTER, UNNAMED,
