Resistance in Kiev resumes, truce broken

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed a truce with the leaders of opposition factions, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Vitali Klitschko and Oleh Tyahnybok, saying that negotiations will now start aimed at ending the bloodshed, stabilizing the situation in the country and reaching social peace, the presidential press service has reported.

The meeting between Yanukovych, Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Rybak and the opposition leaders was also attended by presidential chief-of-staff Andriy Klyuyev, his first deputy Andriy Portnov and acting Justice Minister Olena Lukash, voiceofrussia.ru reports.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has promised that there will be no new police attempts to storm the main protest site in Kiev's Independence Square (Maidan), the leader of the UDAR opposition party, former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, said after talks at the presidential administration on Wednesday evening.