Protesters overnight hurled petrol bombs at police who responded with stun grenades and rubber bullets, but reports said the situation was mostly calm early on January 25.
Violent clashes earlier this week have resulted in the first deaths since antigovernment protests began in late November.
Activists say five protesters were killed, police have confirmed three dead. Two died of gunshot wounds, but police insist they were not involved. The body of a third one was found outside Kyiv after he was abducted from a hospital.
The Interior Ministry said the body of a policeman was found in southern Kyiv. Separately, it accused protesters of attacking three policeman near Independence Square, injuring one of them with a knife and holding the other two captive.
The opposition denied any responsibility for the attack or killing and asked the police "not to provoke the situation by spreading false and dangerous news."
Protests Spread
The unrest has also spread to western Ukraine, where protesters were occupying government buildings in several cities, including Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnystky and Chernivtsi. At least two regional governors have been forced to resign.
On January 24, President Viktor Yanukovych promised to reshuffle his government, an amnesty for detained protesters, and amendments to laws restricting protests whose passing last week triggered the latest clashes. Parliament is to hold an emergency session on January 28 to pass the amendments.
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But opposition leader Vitali Klitscho said the only way to end the street protests is for Yanukovych to resign.
"To change just the ministers in not enough. People want to change the rules because they are already tired of living without rules. Everybody is saying no. You can buy any court, you can't find justice in our country. The system is totally corrupt. And that is why people right now are not happy," Klitschko said.
Opposition leaders met on January 24 with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele and called for international mediation.
"In our country we don't have a political crisis, we have a civil crisis. And we discussed with our European partners the ways out of this crisis," opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk said. "And I can clearly say that to get out of this crisis without mediation of our Western partners will be very hard. And that's why we consider very important that talks should be held with the involvement of our Western partners."
Fuele who is in Kyiv to try help end the crisis met with Yanukovych.
The antigovernment protests began after Yanukovych pulled back from a long-negotiated agreement on closer ties with the European Union in late November.
They have been fueled by what activists say is widespread government corruption, abuse of power, and violation of human rights.
With reporting by AFP
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