Ukrainian police fire tear gas in clashes with pro-Europe protesters in Kiev.

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Thousands of pro-Europe protesters in Ukraine attempted to storm the government building in the capital of Kiev Sunday, clashing with police who fired tear gas to keep them back.

Protesters tried to break through police ranks surrounding the building, with some throwing stones and hitting officers with the signs they were carrying, as police fought back with batons.

Opposition says rally in support of EU deal will continue indefinitely

First deputy head of the Batkivshchina party, lawmaker Oleksandr Turchynov said the rally being held in Kyiv in support of an association agreement with the European Union will last indefinitely and that the opposition parties will set up their headquarters on Europe Square.

First deputy head of the Batkivshchina party, lawmaker Oleksandr Turchynov said the rally being held in Kyiv in support of an association agreement with the European Union will last indefinitely and that the opposition parties will set up their headquarters on Europe Square.

"We are announcing today that the rally to demand the signing of an association agreement with the European Union will last indefinitely," he told the rally in central Kyiv on Sunday.

Rally For European Integration begins in Kiev

A rally in support of Ukraine's European integration has begun in Kiev. The event features about five thousand participants, who carry the flags of Ukraine and the EU.

Tens of thousands of pro-Western Ukrainians rallied in the capital Kiev Sunday to protest against the government's decision to scrap a landmark EU trade treaty.

The police have blocked traffic along the Taras Shevchenko boulevard. Leaders of the opposition - Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Viatly Klichko, Oleg Tyagnibok and Yiri Lutsenko - are marching in the front. The police say they have not fixed any violations of order as yet.

The protesters, waving European Union and opposition party flags, marched through the centre of the city chanting pro-Western and anti-government slogans.

The rally was expected to grow as more groups of demonstrators converged amid a light police presence, heeding the opposition's call for a massive protest. Police said that rally organisers had notified the authorities that up to 100,000 protesters were expected, but its own estimate was 20,000 people.

Some held posters saying "We are not the Soviet Union, we are the European Union" and "I Love EU". The crowd also chanted calls for unseating President Viktor Yanukovich and releasing ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko from jail.

At the same time, in Mikhailov Square, begins another rally - against Ukraine's association with the European Union,- where organisers have announced they will united ten thousand participants. This event is organised by the ruling Party of Regions and its youth wing - Young Regions. Rallies in support of the European integration are organised in the country's other cities, for example, in Lvov, Kharkov, Uzhgorod, Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk. The opposition claims the rallies will feature at least 40,000 Ukrainians.

On the other hand, Simferopol will organise a rally “For stability and booming. Crimea for development of trade relations with Russia.