Demonstrators angered by more than two months of anti-government protests in Kiev gather on Khreschatyk street in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Thousands of people angered by months of anti-government protests in the Ukrainian capital converged on one of the protesters’ barricades Saturday, but retreated after meeting sizeable resistance. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Ukraine Protests
Supporters of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych arguing with a anti-government protesters in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Thousands of people angered by months of anti-government protests in the Ukrainian capital converged on one of the protesters’ barricades Saturday, but retreated after meeting sizeable resistance.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Ukraine Protests
Members of Ukrainian protesters’ self-defense corps move down a Khreschatyk street during a confrontation with demonstrators opposed to the protests in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. Thousands of people angered by months of anti-government protests in the Ukrainian capital converged on one of the protesters’ barricades Saturday, but retreated after meeting sizeable resistance. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s security agency is warning of a heightened risk of terrorism amid nearly three months of anti-government protests.
The agency said in a statement Sunday that it was putting its counter-terrorism units on alert, after receiving a large number of bomb threats across the country at airports, train stations, pipelines and other locations.
In what was seen as a warning to the opposition, the agency also said that it views the seizures of government buildings by protesters as manifestations of terrorism.
Some 30,000 activists turned out for a rally on Kiev’s Independence Square on Sunday, the day the protests usually draw the largest crowds.
The protests started after President Viktor Yanukovych ditched a key treaty with the European Union in favor of a bailout loan from Russia.
