[net-gold] COUNTRIES: UKRAINE: Ukraine Truce Collapses
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COUNTRIES: UKRAINE:
Ukraine Truce Collapses
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Ukraine Truce Collapses
Key Points
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26269221
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Anti-government protesters are again clashing with police in Kiev,
with at least 17 people reported killed. The BBC sees five bodies in the
reception area of the Hotel Ukraine
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The clashes come after bloodshed earlier in the week and despite a
truce agreed between the president and opposition leaders
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Live rounds are fired. Protesters are throwing petrol bombs, while
police are using water cannon
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The president blames the opposition for resuming the violence,
accusing it of using the truce as a way of playing for time to regroup
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Three European Union foreign ministers meet the opposition and
President Yanukovych, despite earlier reports they were leaving without
talks due to the violence
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The EU is due to discuss sanctions at a meeting in Brussels later
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Latest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26268620
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At least 17 protesters have been killed in renewed clashes with police in
central Kiev after a truce agreed on Wednesday broke down, eyewitnesses
say.
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Witnesses reported live rounds, petrol bombs and water cannon at the main
protest site, Independence Square.
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A meeting between EU foreign ministers and President Viktor Yanukovych is
now under way, officials say, contradicting earlier reports that the
ministers had flown out without seeing him.
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The EU will discuss sanctions later.
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Eyewitnesses quoted by international news agencies say they have counted
at least 17, and as many as 21 bodies.
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The BBC's Kevin Bishop, in Kiev, saw five dead bodies in the reception
area of the Hotel Ukraine, which all foreign media in the city are using
as a base.
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Big Pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26257542
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Widening rifts over Ukraine
By Bridget Kendall
Diplomatic correspondent
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26262219
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The bloodshed in Ukraine carries the risk of intensifying rifts, both
internally and internationally.
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Inside Ukraine, even if the protests are more complex and interwoven than
a neat divide between East and West, the violence could easily radicalise
people, pulling them in different directions.
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Internationally, too, a chasm is opening between Russia and Western
powers, with potentially broad repercussions. It may not be entirely clear
who is to blame for inflaming the situation this time, but the responses
from major powers, East and West, represent a stark divergence.
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The Kremlin has allied itself unequivocally with President Viktor
Yanukovych. The Russian foreign ministry described the violence as an
"attempted coup d'etat" and demanded that opposition leaders in Ukraine
"stop the bloodshed".
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President Vladimir Putin has been in touch with Mr Yanukovych by phone.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was careful to insist that the Russian
president did not offer advice, but added that Ukraine was a "friendly
brotherly state and a strategic partner" and Russia would use all of its
influence to restore peace and order.
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By contrast, Western leaders have sided with the opposition.
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19 February 2014 Last updated at 14:45 ET
Why is Ukraine in turmoil?
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25182823
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The protests broke out after President Viktor Yanukovych's government
rejected a far-reaching accord with the European Union in November 2013 in
favour of stronger ties with Russia. Thousands of people, outraged that a
long-standing aspiration for integration with Europe had been ditched
overnight, poured into central Kiev for peaceful protests. They have
occupied Independence Square, known as Maidan, ever since.
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Several developments - including violent police attacks on student
protesters, severe new anti-protests laws, and the abduction and beating
of opposition activists - have caused the demonstrations to spread and
intensify. For many people, they are now less about Europe than about
getting rid of a president they believe is clinging to power and serving
the interests of his own close circle and Moscow.
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Ukraine protests timeline
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275
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Ukraine: A violent power struggle
Daniel Sandford By Daniel Sandford BBC News, Kiev
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26254983
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The trigger for the fresh violence in Kiev appears to have been Tuesday's
parliamentary session.
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The speaker of the Rada (parliament) Volodymyr Rybak refused to allow a
debate on the opposition's move to amend the constitution. Thousands of
protesters had descended on the Rada for the session and, as they pressed
in on the riot police protecting the parliament, fighting broke out.
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What happened next was merciless on both sides. At least 25 people died,
more than 200 ended up in hospital.
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This no longer seems to be a democratic argument over Ukraine's
relationship with Russia. It is a violent power struggle. The violence is
contained - and mostly takes place in 4sq km in central Kiev - but the
determination of the most active protesters should not be underestimated,
nor should President Viktor Yanukovych's determination to survive.
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It's unlikely that any leader of a Western European democracy would still
be in their post if similar events had happened in their country.
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But although the violent protesters, many inspired by far-right politics,
are now focused on revolution, their numbers are small. They alone could
not overthrow the government. But what makes this crisis so serious is the
quiet support that many in western Ukraine, particularly in Lviv, are
giving to the violence.
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Ukraine protests: truce broken by gunshots in Kiev - watch live
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10646265/Ukraine-protests-truce-broken-by-gunshots-
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Deadly Urban Warfare Shatters Ukraine Truce
By Richard Engel, James Novogrod and Alexander Smith
NBC News
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Accounts of the bloody extent of Thursday's violence varied.
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The opposition-run Twitter account, @EuromaidanPR, said police snipers
had opened fire from buildings above the square and that more than 30
people had been killed.
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A Reuters photographer said he saw the bodies of 21 civilians lying on
the ground covered by blankets on or near Independence Square.
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An Associated Press reporter spotted 10 bodies laid out on the edge of
the protest encampment.
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Explainer: What and who are behind Ukraine's political crisis?
By Greg Botelho and Marie-Louise Gumuchian, CNN
updated 6:17 AM EST, Thu February 20, 2014
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/world/europe/ukraine-protests-explainer/
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(CNN) -- For three months, they've staked their claim to Kiev's Maidan, or
Independence Square, and to Ukraine itself. We will leave only when you
pull closer to the European Union, when you change the constitution, when
you alter the government's power structure, they have loudly insisted.
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But why?
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Why have thousands of protesters staked their lives, seemingly, on their
desire for political change? And why has the government resisted their
calls so vehemently?
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A look at Ukraine's distant and more recent history, as well as the
players involved, can shed light on what's going on and what might happen
next:
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What makes Ukraine unique, important?
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A nation of 45 million people, Ukraine is the biggest frontier nation
separating Russia and the European Union.
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Until 1991, it was part of the Soviet Union. But when that communist
nation collapsed following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ukraine -- like
several other Soviet states -- was forced to reinvent itself.
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But it didn't do so alone.
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Players outside took an interest and took action. Ukraine is something of
a pawn between Russia and the West.
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The European Union, with backing of the United States, has been working on
its relations with former Soviet bloc countries for more than two decades,
with the aim of restoring democratic rule and improving quality of life
for Ukrainians.
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It views the decision by Ukraine, the largest of the former republics, not
to partner more with the EU as bowing to Russian pressure.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Moscow is exerting undue
influence in Ukraine.
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Last month, he insisted, "Russia has always respected, is respecting and
will respect the sovereign rights of all the international entities
including new states that emerged after breakdown of the Soviet Union."
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But many don't believe him, claiming that his government's offers of aid
to Ukraine constitute meddling in an attempt to tighten ties between the
former Soviet states.
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Topics Covered in This Article:
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Why are Russia and the EU central to the protest?
What about talk of constitutional reform?
Why has the situation grown more tense?
Who makes up the opposition?
What's been the impact of crisis outside Ukraine?
What's next?
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http://cnn.com/2014/02/19/opinion/ghitis-ukraine-sochi/index.html
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Thugs roaming Ukraine hired by government, some claim
Olga Rudenko and Jennifer Collins,
USA TODAY
7:15 p.m. EST February 19, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/
2014/02/19/ukraine-government-thugs/5618341/
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KIEV, Ukraine Vyacheslav Veremiy was on his way home from a shift at the
Ukrainian daily newspaper Vesti in the early hours Wednesday when he was
dragged from his taxi by a group of armed men and shot in the chest.
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The taxi driver and another passenger were severely beaten in the attack,
which took place in one of Kiev's central streets next to the city's main
police station. Veremiy died a few hours later.
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Friends and colleagues of Veremiy say they believe that the killers are
among the hundreds of government-hired thugs paid to crack down on
anti-government protesters. On Wednesday, the government and protesters
called a truce to try and work out their differences in talks.
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Amnesty International and other human rights groups as well as opposition
leaders say these armed men have been roaming Kiev in organized groups
equipped with bats and other makeshift weapons. And this week, they are
using guns, they say.
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"We are seeing them everywhere at the moment in parts of Kiev and in
different Ukrainian cities there are large numbers of them," says Heather
McGill, a researcher for the Europe and Central Asia Regional Program at
Amnesty International.
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McGill says it is hard to know the exact number of hired thugs or
"titushki" as they are known in the Ukraine and the nature of their ties
to government and law enforcement.
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Obama threatens consequences for Ukraine violence
By Associated Press,
Published: February 19, 2013
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/obama-threatens-
consequences-for-ukraine-violence/2014/02/19/b9ce9ee0-99d8-
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TOLUCA, Mexico President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Ukraine to avoid
violence against peaceful protesters or face consequences, as the United
States considered joining European partners to impose sanctions aimed at
ending deadly street clashes that are sparking fears of civil war.
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There will be consequences if people step over the line, Obama said
shortly after landing in Mexico for a summit with the leaders of Mexico
and Canada, as fires burned in central Kiev. And that includes making sure
that the Ukrainian military does not step in to what should be a set of
issues that can be resolved by civilians.
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Shortly after Obamas remarks, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovychs
office said he and opposition leaders had agreed on a truce, although the
brief statement offered no details about what it would entail or how it
would be implemented. Obama later responded that he hoped a truce would
provide space for the sides to resolve their disagreements peacefully.
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Ultimately the governments responsible for making sure that we shift
toward some sort of unity government, even if its temporary, that allows
us to move to fair and free elections so that the will of the Ukrainian
people can be rightly expressed without the kinds of chaos weve seen on
the streets, without the bloodshed that all of us, I think, strongly
condemn, Obama said at an evening news conference with his fellow North
American leaders.
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Meanwhile, the European Union called an extraordinary meeting of its 28
member countries on Thursday to address the situation.
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Ukrainian Athletes Leave Sochi Winter Olympics
IOC Spokesman Says Some Athletes Are Leaving, as Violence Flares Again
Sharon Terlep
February 20, 2014 4:56 a.m. ET
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/
SB10001424052702304275304579394411481258976
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SOCHI, RussiaSome Ukrainian athletes are leaving the Olympics, an
International Olympic Committee official said Thursday, as violent clashes
continued in their home country.
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The athletes are returning to Ukraine despite the country's Olympic team
officials saying it is best for them to stay and compete, IOC spokesman
Mark Adams said.
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He said the IOC respects every athlete's decision to do what is best for
them. He didn't say which athletes were leaving.
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Two Ukrainian cross-country skiers, Kateryna Serdyuk and Marina Lisogor,
didn't compete in Wednesday's team sprint classic. An IOC statement said
Serdyuk pulled out with a back injury sustained during training, but there
were no details on why Lisogor withdrew.
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Violence in Ukraine Creates Deepening Clash Between East and West
By STEVEN LEE MYERSFEB. 19, 2014
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/20/world/europe/
violence-in-ukraine-creates-deepening-clash-between-east-and-west.html
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MOSCOW The two sides in what is developing into an East-West clash over
Ukraine hardened their positions on Wednesday, with Russian officials
denouncing what they called a coup by right-wing extremists, even as the
United States and Europe threatened to impose sanctions on those
responsible for the violence that has erupted in the capital, Kiev, and
spread to other cities.
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The starkly divergent reactions underscored the deepening confrontation
between Russia and the West over Ukraines fate, with each side accusing
the other of interference and disputing even the facts of what was
happening.
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Expressing alarm at the escalating death toll, Chancellor Angela Merkel of
Germany and President Franis Hollande of France blamed the security forces
of President Viktor F. Yanukovych and made it clear that they supported a
political transition that would allow Ukrainians to elect a new
government. After meeting with Mr. Hollande in Paris, Ms. Merkel said the
convulsion of violence resulted from a deliberate delaying tactic by Mr.
Yanukovych to avoid a compromise and preserve his place in power.
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Russia, by contrast, vowed to use all its influence to support Ukraines
government and joined Mr. Yanukovych in accusing his opponents of trying
to seize power in what amounted to a coup. In one of its most pointed
statements since the political crisis in Ukraine began, the Russian
Foreign Affairs Ministry even evoked the Brown Revolution that brought the
Nazis to power in Germany in 1933, blaming criminal activities of radical
opposition forces for causing the bloodshed and denouncing European
countries for failing to acknowledge that.
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Russias foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, accused the West of
encouraging the opposition to act outside of the law.
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We dont want to impose ourselves, as some of our overly zealous Western
partners are trying to do, he said in televised remarks from Kuwait.
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A senior State Department official dismissed the charge that the United
States was meddling in Ukraines affairs, saying that Washington had been
open about its efforts to encourage a power-sharing government.
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The official threw the meddling charge back at Moscow. They have not been
transparent about what theyve been doing in Ukraine, the official said. I
would put the question back to the Kremlin, What would they
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