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A map of the area the protesters are attempting to blockade.
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12:41
9.12.2013
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will be in Kyiv tomorrow and Wednesday. Her spokeswoman, Maja Kocijancic, spoke to the media at a briefing in Brussels.
"She is expected to meet all the main stakeholders on both sides -- the government, the opposition, as well as the civil society," she said. "At the moment we are working on the program but I expect that I will have further details in the course of this afternoon."
"She is expected to meet all the main stakeholders on both sides -- the government, the opposition, as well as the civil society," she said. "At the moment we are working on the program but I expect that I will have further details in the course of this afternoon."
12:31
9.12.2013
Meanwhile, nice report from last night on the eerie standoff between police and protesters outside the presidential administration building.
12:21
9.12.2013
A statement from the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
12:18
9.12.2013
Yatsenyuk, head of the Fatherland party, calls on supporters to continue to go to Independence Square (Maydan).
"I appeal to all of Ukraine," he says. "Go to the heart of our country -- Maydan. Here lies the fate of Ukraine!"
"I appeal to all of Ukraine," he says. "Go to the heart of our country -- Maydan. Here lies the fate of Ukraine!"
12:03
9.12.2013
Yanukovych's statement following the gathering of riot police around Kyiv may have been simply a show of force by the president. Still not clear.
11:56
9.12.2013
A statement released by Yanukovych says the idea for a roundtable was offered to him by Ukraine's first president, Leonid Kravchuk. A meeting will be held tomorrow with the four current and former presidents to discuss "critical issues" facing the country.