Ukraine's justice minister Olena Lukash told
local media if anti-government
protesters occupying her ministry would not leave, she would ask the
National Security and Defence Council to impose the state of emergency.
Protesters
seized the building in Kiev late on Sunday and set up barricades outside with
bags of snow reports GHN according to BBC information.
"The seizure of the Ministry of Justice is a
symbolic act of the people of the uprising. Now, these authorities are stripped
of justice," one protester told reporters.
One of the organisers of the ministry occupation, who
gave his name as Oleg, said the building was being used to shelter those taking
part in street protests nearby.
Reports now suggest unrest is spreading further into
the country's east, which is seen as Mr Yanukovych's support base.
