ALJAZEERA: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich announced on Wednesday that he had agreed to a “truce” with opposition leaders and a start to negotiations to stabilize the country after months of political turmoil. The announcement came a day after fierce clashes between police and anti-government protesters in the capital Kiev left at least 26 people dead and hundreds injured…
Vitaly Klitschko, one of the opposition leaders who seek to keep Ukraine open to Europe and out of a close political and economic alliance with Russia, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that Yanukovich agreed that there would be no attempt to storm the protesters’ encampment on the main square of downtown Kiev while negotiations unfold…
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary-general of NATO, said his organization’s ties with Ukraine would be threatened if a crackdown against the opposition continued… (more)
