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Plus de 10 000 personnes ont afflué sur la place de l'Indépendance, mercredi, après la tentative d'assaut des forces de l'ordre ukrainiennes sur la mairie occupée depuis dimanche par les opposants proeuropéens. L’essentiel
• Sous la pression des manifestants, les forces antiémeutes ukrainiennes ont dû quitter mercredi matin les alentours de la mairie de Kiev occupée par l’opposition qu’ils avaient tenté de reprendre par la force cette nuit. Des milliers de manifestants, galvanisés par ce sursaut de violence, avaient alors afflué dans le centre de Kiev. Ils étaient au moins 10 000 en début de matinée sur la place.
• Ces opérations policières sur la place de l’Indépendance (dite aussi place Maidan), tenue par l’opposition depuis plus de deux semaines et théâtre de manifestations de centaines de milliers de personnes, ont été lancées en pleine tentative de médiation de la représentante de l’UE, Catherine Ashton, et de la secrétaire d’Etat adjointe américaine Victoria Nuland, arrivées à Kiev mardi.
• Le coup de force des autorités ukrainiennes ce matin a suscité l’indignation des Occidentaux. Les Etats-Unis ont fait part de leur «dégoût» et l’Union européenne de sa «tristesse».
• Dans le même temps, le Premier ministre, Mykola Azarov, a indiqué que l’Ukraine avait besoin de 20 milliards d’euros d’aide européenne pour signer un accord d’association avec l’UE.
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11/12/13
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White House condemns violence in Ukraine, pressures Yanukovich.........
ReplyDeleteThe White House on Wednesday condemned Ukrainian authorities' response to demonstrators in Kiev and urged President Viktor Yanukovich to listen to the Ukrainian people and return the country to a path toward European integration.
"The right to peaceful protest and assembly must be respected. Violence of this sort that we have seen on the streets of Kiev is impermissible in a democratic state," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told a briefing.
Earnest said lines of communication between the US government and Ukraine's government remained open.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_12_11/White-House-condemns-violence-in-Ukraine-pressures-Yanukovich-5564/
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Ukraine leader 'wants to sign' deal...
ReplyDeleteUkraine's President Viktor Yanukovych intends to sign a deal on closer EU ties after all, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has told reporters.
She was speaking as pro-EU protesters continued to paralyse the centre of Kiev over the president's decision not to sign the EU association agreement.
His U-turn late last month followed pressure from Russia.
Baroness Ashton said Mr Yanukovych had assured her when they met that his aim was to sign the agreement.
She did not give an indication of when she expected this to happen.
She said his concern during their talks was the "short term economic issues" that Ukraine faced.
'Serious economic plan'
Mr Yanukovych pulled out of the deal last month, explaining that Kiev could not afford to sacrifice trade with Russia. While adding that he still aimed to sign the deal, he said Ukraine would need at least 20bn euros (£17bn; $27bn) a year to upgrade its economy.
Baroness Ashton said on Thursday: "it is my view that those challenges, which are real, can be addressed by the support that not only comes from the European Union institutions, but actually by showing that he has a serious economic plan in signing the association agreement also will help to bring in the kind of investment that he needs." ...............http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25345468
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