THE DEATH toll in Monday’s rioting in the Ukrainian capital Kiev rose to three yesterday, with some 140 hospitalised.

Two National Guard officers died of their injuries in hospital yesterday, in addition to one killed on Monday.

The riot began when members of the far-right Svoboda party clashed with troops in riot gear outside the Verkhovna Rada or parliament as MPs voted on a Bill granting greater autonomy to regions in the Russian-speaking east of the country.