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govt ready to resign, protests spread across country
Rioting
has spread to the west of the country - with protesters sieging and
breaking into administration buildings. Meanwhile in Kiev, the
opposition and the government are now expected to announce the
results of their talks. Let's get the latest from RT's Peter Oliver,
who is there in the capital.
Ukrainian
opposition, govt agree to end violent standoff - Klitschko
President
Viktor Yanukovich and three main opposition leaders agreed during
crisis talks to end the violent standoff and release all those
detained on Grushevskogo Street.
RT,
23
January, 2014
Despite the opposition’s calls for a ceasefire, rioters at Kiev’s barricades are preparing for another bombardment of rocks and Molotov cocktails, RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky reported.
Udar
opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko told demonstrators in central Kiev
that Yanukovich and head of the Interior Affairs Ministry Vitaly
Zaharchenko are ending all use of force and preparing to announce the
release of all those detained on Grushevskogo Street.
In
turn, protesters are being urged to refrain from using force.
Leader
of the nationalist Svoboda opposition party, Oleg Tyagnibok,
stated: “We
pronounce ceasefire until morning,” following
the negotiations.
"The
whole process is prolonging, this is only the first round of
negotiations. We won’t stop until president steps down,” Klitschko
told demonstrators in central Kiev.
Rioters
chanted “Liars!” at
opposition leaders as they were being told the results of the talks
at Independence Square in Kiev.
Protesters
began lining up behind barricades and burning tires as soon as the
talks were over.
Klitschko
said that there was an agreement to stop all violence against the
people and for all those detained to be released.
Demonstrators
booed the message.
Batkivchina
opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the likelihood of the
bloodshed ending is very high, local media reported.
Clashes spill beyond Kiev
Anti-government
unrest in Ukraine spilled beyond the capital of Kiev on Thursday as
the government held talks with opposition leaders.
Rioters
began violently attacking local administration buildings in other
regions of the country, mostly in the west, attempting to force local
governments out of office.
Around
2,000 protesters took over the local administration building in the
western city of Lvov, telling the region’s governor that they are
taking power into their own hands.
Video
of protesters storming Lvov governor's office:
Governor Oleg Salo was forced to sign a resignation letter which stated: “I ask to be freed of my duties.”He later retracted his statement, saying it is invalid since signed under pressure.
Rioters
also stormed governors’ offices in other western cities, including
Zhytomer and Rovno. Another administration office was violently taken
over by rioters in the western town of Ternopol.
Ukraine's
Internal Affairs Ministry has opened a criminal investigation into
the attack in Ternopol
Video
of protesters storming Zhytomer'sadministration building:
Police were only able to fight off rioters in the town of Cherkassy, located southeast of Kiev. A group of several hundred anti-government demonstrators tried to break a police cordon outside the administration building, managing to break the glass on the front door.
Video of protesters storming Cherkassy's administration building:
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