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Ukrainian president Yanukovch meets opposition in Kiev

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Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych is holding fresh talks with opposition leaders, hours after a minister said efforts to peacefully resolve the ongoing unrest were “futile”.

Several leaders of parliamentary groups were at the talks, the presidency said.

The meeting came after demonstrators stormed and briefly occupied the energy ministry in Kiev and as protests continued in cities across Ukraine.

Earlier, Ukraine’s interior minister said talks with protesters had failed.

Vitaliy Zakharchenko – in charge of the police and one of the figures most despised by the protesters – blamed “radical groups” for the unrest, adding that protesters had arms.

“The events of recent days in the Ukrainian capital showed that our attempts to peacefully resolve the conflict without resorting to forceful opposition remain futile,” he added.

Four protesters and a policeman are reported to have died in demonstrations that began last year after the government’s rejection of a treaty with the EU.

SOURCE: BBC

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