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| Yanukovych to discuss solution with three ex-presidents of Ukraine |
| Kyjev, 10.12.2013 |
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| Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said he supports the first Ukrainian President, Leonid Kravchyk's proposal for a way out the current situation. Kravchyk suggested that Yanukovych stage an all-national roundtable to find a compromise solution to the country's ongoing problems and that he invite representatives of the authorities and opposition to participate, Yanukovych' press office said on Monday.
It has been reported that EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Catherina Ashton will arrive in Kiev on Tuesday.
The meeting of four Ukrainian presidents (Kravchyk, Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yuschenko and Yanukovych) proposed by Kravchyk will take place on Tuesday to discuss the important issues faced by Ukraine, the press office said.
Meanwhile, Kravchyk, Kuchma and Yuschenko said in a joint statement on December 4 that they supported the Ukrainian protest against the refusal of EU integration and warned of possible dangerous consequences.
The former presidents said they condemned the use of excessive force against peaceful protesters.
Kravchyk, Kuchma and Yuschenko said they urged the authorities not to resort to actions involving the use of force regarding peaceful citizens and to adequately assess the events unfolding in the country.
The situation should be resolved through open dialog with the civil society, they said.
"It is necessary to search for a political resolution in the form of an all-national round-table as soon as possible. Participants in such formats should become real institutions of civil society widely supported by Ukrainian citizens and be able to represent their stance consistently and fairly. Democracy, equality, freedom to express the stance, the European aspirations of the Ukrainian people, the trust and honesty of all participants should become the value basis of such dialog," the former presidents said.
Ashton to visit Kiev for talks with Yanukovych on December 10-11 – Barroso
The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will visit Kiev on December 10-11 for talks with President Viktor Yanukovych, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, said during a meeting on Europe’s future in Milan, Italy, on Monday.
He said he had spoken to President Yanukovych over the phone the day before and asked him to receive Mrs. Ashton, who intended to come to Kiev for a couple of days to be able to participate in resolving the complicated situation in Ukraine.
Barroso urged Yanukovych not to use force against peaceful protesters.
The majority of Ukrainians, not just in western areas but throughout the country, are perfectly aware of economic growth opportunities arising from an association agreement with the EU and want peace and stability, he said, adding that "it’s our duty" to recognize them.
Earlier, Ukraine suspended preparations for an association and free trade area deal with the EU it was expected to sign at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius in late November, citing fears of a sharp decrease in trade with its key trade partners – Russia and other CIS member states - and other negative effects of Eurointegration. The move triggered mass protests in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities.
Pro-EU rallies continue.
Klitschko urges Ukrainians to come to Maidan
UDAR opposition party leader Vitali Klitschko has called on Ukrainians to immediately come to Kiev's Independence Square, the party press service said. In his words, the Interior Ministry Forces' cordons along the Maidan perimeter were an act of psychological pressure on the protesters.
He recalled that the protesters placed roadblocks around the governmental quarter on Sunday and the Interior Ministry Forces cordoned off Maidan on Monday.
The metro stations Khreshchatyk, Independence Square and Teatralnaya are closed.
"The authorities are trying to put psychological pressure on us and intimidate us but people will not go away, they will stay here. We ask everyone to come to Maidan immediately. The more of us that gather here, the more quickly we can thwart the government's plans. I urge everyone to come to Independence Square immediately," Klitschko said.
Ukrainian opposition activist Pashynsky does not come to Prosecutor General's Office for questioning
Batkivshchyna deputy Serhiy Pashynsky failed to appear for questioning at the main investigative department of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office on Monday. The prosecutors are holding an inquiry into the suspected case of police exceeding their authority on Kiev's Independence Square in the early morning hours of November 30.
"Pashynsky never appeared for questioning," a source at the Office's press service said. He noted that the questioning had been scheduled for 11:00 am local time (13:00 pm Moscow time, 09:00 GMT).
The deputy is a witness, and there are no suspects in the criminal case for now, the press service said.
The Office also summoned Batkivshchyna faction leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk for questioning.
"Yatsenyuk is summoned as a witness to the criminal case of the police exceeding their authority on Independence Square," the press service told Interfax on Monday.
Yatsenyuk says opposition will defend Independence Square
The Ukrainian opposition intends to defend Kiev's Independence Square from special-purpose police units, Batkivshchyna faction leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk said.
"We will start to defend our Maidan now," the opposition activist told reporters on Monday at the press center of the national resistance staff.
"All the central metro stations are closed and Berkut special-purpose police are encircling Maidan," Yatsenyuk said.
He asked "the media to come to Maidan, as well."
A Twitter post said "Klitschko requested women and children to leave Maidan because of the arrival of special-purpose police units at Bessarabka."
Batkivshchyna deputy, Maidan tent camp commandant Andriy Parubiy asked men to go to the barricades and women and children to go back to the tent camp.
"We ask men to come to the tent camp's line bordering on Mykhailovskaya Square and protect our Maidan," Parubiy said at a rally on Independence Square.
He also asked women and children to go to a safe place.
A platoon of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Forces started its march from Mykhailovskaya Square to Independence Square on Monday morning.
Thirty fully equipped police officers carrying shields formed a column and is on the move, an Interfax correspondent reports.
Tensions rising outside of Kyiv city administration building
Several buses have driven to Kyiv's main street Kreshchatyk but nobody has disembarked from them. The coordinators of the protest action of the Ukrainian opposition in the building of the city administration have announced that only volunteers should remain in the street and urged others to enter the ground floor of the building, according to an Interfax correspondent.
A big shield blocks the stairs to the first floor.
Meanwhile, opposition activists are moving to the building from Independence Square in groups.
Part of them remain outside of the building, others proceed to police buses.
Special forces line up with their backs to opposition barricades on Khreshchatyk
Servicemen of the Berkut special-purpose police unit, who had come to Khreshchatyk by police buses, lined up across the street with their backs turned to the protesters' barricades.
About 50 protesters are standing behind the barricades and chanting slogans. Approximately 100 protesters are standing in front of the Kiev City Hall, and most of the protesters have gone inside.
The sides are doing nothing so far.
Meanwhile, a number of police buses have blocked Hrushevsky Street from the side of European Square, an Interfax correspondent said, referring to a plain-clothes officer's words addressed to his subordinates on Mykhailovskaya Square.
A platoon (about 30 servicemen) is standing on Mykhailovskaya Square.
The servicemen are ready to march down Mykhailovskaya Square or Kostelnaya Street towards Independence Square.
The law enforcement officers are fully equipped, they are carrying shields.
Ukrainian opposition threatens to block presidential residence if Azarov's gov't not dismissed in 48 hours
The opposition promises to block the presidential residence in Mezhyhirya if Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's government is not dismissed within 48 hours, Deputy of the Batkivschyna faction Serhiy Pashinskiy said, the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper reports.
"Yanukovych, we give you 48 hours. If during this time [Ukrainian Interior Minister Vitaliy] Zakharchenko is not arrested, if Azarov's government is not dismissed, if political prisoners are not released, we are going to Mezhyhirya," Pashinskiy said at a rally on Sunday.
Protesters intend to block completely the buildings of the presidential administration and government on Sunday, Pashinskiy said.
National Resistance Headquarters ready to be responsible for situation in Ukraine if emergency state introduced
The National Resistance Headquarters established by the Ukrainian opposition said it was ready to take all the responsibility for the situation in Ukraine if the state of emergency was introduced in the country.
"If [Ukrainian President Viktor] Yanukovych attempts to introduce unconstitutionally the state of emergency in Ukraine, the National Resistance Headquarters, supported by the people's will, will consider the president, the Cabinet of Ministers and other state agencies to be illegitimate and will be forced to take the entire responsibility for the situation in the country upon itself," the Headquarters said in an address to the Ukrainian people regarding the possible introduction of the state of emergency.
The National Resistance Headquarters said that if Yanukovych tried to introduce the state of emergency, all Ukrainian citizens should come immediately to Kiev's main square Maidan in order to protect the Constitution, rights and freedoms and the very independence of Ukraine and to fight the regime "with all means available."
Law enforcement should not "participate in the illegitimate actions of the regime limiting rights and freedoms of citizens," the statement said.
"You have a clear ground for this - the Ukrainian Constitution Article 60, according to which no one is obliged to comply with evidently criminal demands or orders," the National Resistance Headquarters said.
Opposition activists said they urged the Ukrainian Forces "to implement the constitutional duty in accordance with the Article 17 of the main law and not to let deprive Ukraine of the independence due to the introduction of the state of emergency."
Pro-EU activists protesting at Kyiv's main square Maidan said they asked pro-government parliamentary majority "to remember the oath."
The introduction and operation of the state of emergency is regulated by the Ukrainian law On the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency.
The Ukrainian president can not decide to introduce the state of emergency single-handedly without the parliament's approval.
The proposal to introduce the state of emergency is submitted to the president by the National Security and Defense Council.
The president can appeal via mass media outlets to those, whose actions could be the reasons to introduce the state of emergency demanding that illegal actions be stopped and to warn on the possibility of introducing the state of emergency.
At the same time, if the situation requires immediate response, the appeal could be skipped.
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