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| Ukraine'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 in Brussels after meeting pro-EU protesters who have paralysed the centre of Kiev. | |
| The demonstrators are objecting to the president's decision not to sign the EU association agreement late last month. | |
| 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. | |
| The Ukrainian government's handling of the pro-EU protests in Independence Square in Kiev has met with a stern response from both the European Union and the US. | |
| Police moved into the main protest camp in the early hours of Wednesday, prompting US Secretary of State John Kerry to express "disgust" at the government's treatment of a peaceful protest. The state department said later it was considering a range of responses including sanctions. |