KIEV, Jan. 23 - A Ukrainian student has told the BBC he was tortured by riot police after being arrested during violent clashes in Kiev on Monday night.

Mikhailo Niskoguz says he was taking photos before being detained by police, beaten and cut with a knife.

Walking painfully and slowly across a hotel lobby close to Independence Square, 17-year old Mikhailo Niskoguz, speaks softly, recounting the beating he says he received at the hands of riot police.