Ukraine President And Protest Leaders Agree To A Truce

Ukraine President Agrees Truce With Opponents As West Prepares Sanctions -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said late on Wednesday that he had agreed a "truce" with opposition leaders after 26 people were killed in street clashes, ahead of meetings with EU foreign ministers who are threatening to impose sanctions for the violence.

A statement on the Presidential website announced an agreement for "the start to negotiations with the aim of ending bloodshed, and stabilizing the situation in the state in the interests of social peace".

A tense stand-off between protesters and riot police continued on Thursday morning in Kiev, where the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Poland will later meet Yanukovich before returning to Brussels for a meeting of all 28 European Union foreign ministers to decide on targeted sanctions for Tuesday night's violence.

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Truce? Both Sides in Ukraine Say They're Ready to Negotiate -- NBC

My Comment: I am not confident that this truce will last. Both sides are far apart on almost all of the major issues ... and I doubt that they are going to compromise. The only solution will be to call for elections .... but I doubt that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is going to agree to this condition.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014