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The BBC's Daniel Sandford: "This central Kiev square is like a vision of hell"
Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in the protests that have gripped Kiev for two months.
One of them, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, has said he will lead pro-EU protesters "on the attack" if snap elections are not called.
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said compromises "might be possible", but the opposition should avoid ultimatums.
Two activists were killed in clashes with police in Kiev on Wednesday.
Prosecutors confirmed they had died from gunshot wounds. They were the first fatalities since the anti-government protests flared up in late November over Mr Yanukovych's decision to pull out of a landmark treaty with the EU.
Torture allegations
Duncan Crawford BBC News, Kiev
The allegations made by 17-year-old student Mikhail Nizkoguz are extremely serious. He says he was tortured for hours. He claims riot police arrested him and beat him with batons; that he was forced to strip naked in the freezing cold and sing the national anthem; that they then cut him with knives.
He was eventually taken to hospital. His face and body are covered in cuts and bruises. He has a deep gash across his forehead covered in green medical fluid. His arm is broken and bandaged. He told me that when he looked into the officers' eyes he "could see they were enjoying it".
The police have accused him of firing fireworks at them - something he denies. A Ukrainian MP is going to raise these allegations of torture with the police and government today.
A third activist, Yuriy Verbytsky, has been found dead in a forest outside Kiev, after reportedly being abducted along with fellow activist Ihor Lutsenko earlier this week. His body is said to bear signs of torture.
The BBC's Duncan Crawford has spoken to a student, Mikhail Nizkoguz, 17, who accused riot police of dragging him from the street on Monday and torturing him by beating and stabbing.
His face and body is covered with cuts and bruises. He said police accused him of firing fireworks at them - but that he was only taking pictures. The BBC has asked police to respond to his allegations but has had no response.
Hundreds of protesters and scores of police have been injured in the clashes around Independence Square this week.
The centre of Kiev remains extremely tense, the BBC's Daniel Sandford reports. Barricades are still burning, billowing black smoke from the piles of tyres that now mark the front line between the riot police and the protesters.
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Before heading for his talks with President Yanukovych, Mr Klitschko urged both the protesters and police to refrain from any further use of force until he reported back this evening.
He is bringing three main demands to the talks: a snap presidential election, the cancellation of tough anti-protest laws enacted last week and the resignation of the government.
Addressing protesters on Wednesday, he said the president could end the stand-off "without bloodshed". Otherwise, he added, "we will go on the attack".
Key dates
21 November 2013: Ukraine announces it will not sign a deal aimed at strengthening ties with the EU
30 November: Riot police detain dozens of anti-government protesters in a violent crackdown in Kiev
17 December: Russia agrees to buy $15bn (£9.2bn, 11bn euros) of Ukrainian government bonds and slash the price of gas it sells to the country
22 January 2014: Two protesters die from bullet wounds during clashes with police in Kiev
But the prime minister said opposition leaders should be "more humble" and "move away from the language of ultimatums".
Officials confirmed two bodies were found with bullet wounds close to the scene of the clashes on Wednesday, when riot police again fought running battles with rioters hurling petrol bombs and stones.
One of those killed was identified as Serhiy Nihoyan, the 20-year-old son of Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, who travelled from his home in eastern Ukraine in December to join the protests.
The other man shot was named as Belarusian citizen Mikhail Zhyznewski, who was at the protest with Una-Unso, a Ukrainian far-right group. The group paid tribute to him on its website.
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BBC journalist: "I saw a body right beneath the window"
Another man was also reported to have died after falling from the top of the Dynamo football stadium. However, a spokeswoman for Kiev's health department said he had survived the fall and was being treated in the hospital.
Mr Azarov denied that the police were responsible for the deaths, saying they were not carrying live ammunition.
They "remain on the consciousness and responsibility of the organisers and certain participants of mass disturbances", he said.
Visas revoked
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov: "Shots which killed those people were made from above"
The European Union said it would "rethink" its relationship with Ukraine if there was a "systematic violation of human rights, including shooting at peaceful demonstrators or serious attacks to the basic freedoms".
The US said increased tensions in Ukraine were a "direct consequence of the Ukrainian government's failure to engage in real dialogue and the passage of anti-democratic legislation".
The US embassy in Ukraine said it had revoked the visas of "several Ukrainians who were linked to the violence". It did not give names.
Russia has accused the EU and US of "outside interference" in Ukrainian affairs.
"The extremist part of the opposition is crudely violating the country's constitution," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.
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