BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers on Monday deplored violent protests in Kiev, saying the government was at fault for passing a package of repressive laws in an effort to tame pro-EU demonstrations.

"We have a situation . . . which is acute and I think it very important that we react, particularly against the package of repression that was decided Thursday in Kiev," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said.

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