Eurasia Press & News
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich called for an emergency session of parliament to end the country’s political crisis and violent unrest, in a sign he might be ready to soften his hardline stance and strike a compromise.
Opposition leaders who held discussions with Yanukovich that ended late on Jan. 24 immediately went to meet protesters manning street barricades to give their account of the talks.
Vitaly Klitschko urged activists to stick to a truce agreed earlier on Thursday until Friday morning.
Klitschko, who was accompanied by nationalist leader Oleh Tyahnibok, was reported to have said that Yanukovich had promised to release all those who had been detained by police in the present unrest.
