A protest diet

A protest diet

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The anti-government protesters who have held out for more than two months in central Kiev may have faced driving snow and freezing temperatures, but they have not gone hungry.

The demonstrators have been fed by volunteers who cook up donated food and deliver it to their camps and barricades. Reuters photographer Thomas Peter documented the variety of their diet.

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A plate of pickles, cheese and onion, served by volunteers to anti-government protesters, is pictured on a piece of plywood. The wood is used by protesters to make shields for street battles.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A plate of pickles, cheese and onion, served by volunteers to anti-government protesters, is pictured on a piece of plywood. The wood is used by protesters to make shields for street battles.

A jar of macaroni soup - known in Ukraine as Mevina soup.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A jar of macaroni soup - known in Ukraine as Mevina soup.

A bowl of potatoes with tushonka, a type of canned stewed meat.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A bowl of potatoes with tushonka, a type of canned stewed meat.

A jar of borsch, a typical Ukrainian beetroot soup.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A jar of borsch, a typical Ukrainian beetroot soup.

A bowl of Ukrainian salad, made from potatoes, pickled cucumber, mushrooms, ham, nuts, cheese and mayonnaise.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A bowl of Ukrainian salad, made from potatoes, pickled cucumber, mushrooms, ham, nuts, cheese and mayonnaise.

A plate of sandwiches with pork sausage, known in the former Soviet Union as Doktorskaya Kolbasa.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A plate of sandwiches with pork sausage, known in the former Soviet Union as Doktorskaya Kolbasa.

A sandwich made with minced garlic salo, a Ukrainian food made from pork fat, topped with a pickled cucumber.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A sandwich made with minced garlic salo, a Ukrainian food made from pork fat, topped with a pickled cucumber.

A sandwich made with butter, raspberry jam and nuts.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A sandwich made with butter, raspberry jam and nuts.

A Pampushky, a Ukranian Christmas doughnut, filled with poppy seeds and apricot jam.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A Pampushky, a Ukranian Christmas doughnut, filled with poppy seeds and apricot jam.

A typical Ukrainian drink made of black tea, ginger, raspberry, cranberry and lemon.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A typical Ukrainian drink made of black tea, ginger, raspberry, cranberry and lemon.

The soot-stained cigarette of an anti-government protester.
. KIEV, Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

The soot-stained cigarette of an anti-government protester.