KIEV: A Ukrainian government minister on Monday warned protesters that a state of emergency could be imposed to deal with the country's deadly crisis, after radicals seized the justice ministry in Kiev.

The storming of the justice ministry threatened to derail talks between the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych to find a peaceful outcome to a boiling standoff that according to officials has left three activists dead.

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