Police clashed with protesters and tore down their tents in the main
square of the Ukrainian capital early Wednesday, in an escalation of a
weeks-long standoff threatening the leadership of President Viktor
Yanukovych.
Hundreds of police in riot gear moved on the camp at
Independence Square, dismantling barricades and pushing demonstrators
who fought back. Scuffles broke out between police and opposition
lawmakers who arrived to defend the camp.
Several thousand
protesters shouted "Shame!" and "We will stand," and sang the Ukrainian
national anthem. An Orthodox priest read prayers.
The protests began
in late November when Yanukovych backed away from a pact that would
deepen the former Soviet republic's economic ties with the 28-nation EU —
a pact that surveys showed was supported by nearly half the country's
people. The agreement would make Ukraine more Western-oriented and would
be a significant loss of face for Russia, which has either controlled
or heavily influenced Ukraine for centuries.
The confrontation at
the protest camp unfolded as EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland were in the city
to try to talk to the government and the opposition and work out a
solution.
One protester undressed to his waist, got down on his knees and shouted "Stop this ... We are one people!"
An opposition lawmaker laid down on the snow try to block a police vehicle from advancing to the camp.
Several protesters were injured. Some policemen helped injured activists up from the ground and moved them away.
Aiming
to defuse the crisis, Yanukovych had called Tuesday for the release of
the demonstrators previously arrested in the protests and vowed that
Ukraine is still interested in integrating with Europe.
His efforts,
however, stopped far short of opposition demands that his government
resign, and the two sides appeared no closer to a resolution that would
chart out a secure future for their economically troubled nation.
Soon
after Yanukovych spoke in a televised broadcast, top opposition leader
Arseniy Yatsenyuk told demonstrators at the square that the protest
leaders were still insisting on their key demands: that Yanukovych fire
the government, appoint a new one committed to signing an association
agreement with the EU, release all the arrested protesters, and punish
the police who beat peaceful demonstrators.
Riot police have twice
previously dispersed demonstrators with clubs and tear gas, beating some
severely enough to send them to intensive care.
Yanukovych, in a
televised meeting with Ukraine's three previous presidents, said he
asked the prosecutor-general to ensure the release of some of the
protesters — those who haven't committed grave crimes and who have
children or families.
"Certainly, such people will be released," the president said.
Investigations into the actions of the freed protesters would still continue, he said.
Yanukovych
also vowed to renew talks with the EU on the trade and political
agreement. He indicated he was still willing to sign the EU deal at a
summit in spring, but only if the EU can offer better financial terms.
He said at present, the EU agreement could cost economically struggling
Ukraine billions in lost trade with Russia, which has used trade threats
to try to keep Ukraine in its orbit.
"We want to achieve conditions
that satisfy Ukraine, Ukrainian producers, the Ukrainian people,"
Yanukovych said in the televised meeting. "If we find understanding and
if such compromises are reached, the signature will be put" on paper.
The
EU's enlargement commissioner, Stefan Fule, said Tuesday the bloc was
ready to step "up the European Union's financial assistance programs to
help Ukraine implement the agreement, when signed."
But Yanukovych
appeared unreceptive to the criticism voiced by Leonid Kravchuk,
Ukraine's first president, who said that beating protesters was simply
unacceptable.
"Law enforcement must know that it is forbidden to
beat people. And there can be no justification" to do so, a stern
Kravchuk said, sitting with Yanukovych and the two other former leaders
at a table decorated with blue-and-yellow flowers — the colors of the
Ukrainian flag.
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