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Breaking -- According to RIA Novosti, President Viktor Yanukovych has called for a "national roundtable" with representatives from the government and the opposition to come to a compromise.
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Strongest statement yet from European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso:
"It is important, in face of these challenges - instead of keeping ourselves in the comfort zone, namely the so called establishment parties - to have the courage to go out and fight, not to give up to those arguments, to explain with reasonable and rational arguments - sometimes for some of us with emotion - why we care about Europe, why Europe is something we must cherish precisely to defend these values."
"Just yesterday I had a phone call – another one - with President Yanukovych. I asked him to show restraint in the face of these recent developments, to not use force against the people that are demonstrating peacefully, to respect fully the freedoms that are so important for all of us in Europe."
"It is important, in face of these challenges - instead of keeping ourselves in the comfort zone, namely the so called establishment parties - to have the courage to go out and fight, not to give up to those arguments, to explain with reasonable and rational arguments - sometimes for some of us with emotion - why we care about Europe, why Europe is something we must cherish precisely to defend these values."
"Just yesterday I had a phone call – another one - with President Yanukovych. I asked him to show restraint in the face of these recent developments, to not use force against the people that are demonstrating peacefully, to respect fully the freedoms that are so important for all of us in Europe."
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Meanwhile, George Clooney releases message in support of protesters.
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A correspondent for Moscow-based Echo-Moskvy says demonstrators inside the city administration building are "building barricades and are armed with sticks and bats."