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| Ukraine protests 'spread' into Russia-influenced east | Ukraine protests 'spread' into Russia-influenced east |
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| Protests in Ukraine appear to be spreading further outside the capital Kiev, with reports of unrest to the east, north and south of the country. | Protests in Ukraine appear to be spreading further outside the capital Kiev, with reports of unrest to the east, north and south of the country. |
| Protesters besieged government buildings and in some cases clashed with police and government supporters. | Protesters besieged government buildings and in some cases clashed with police and government supporters. |
| It comes after opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer to appoint him prime minister. | It comes after opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk rejected President Viktor Yanukovych's offer to appoint him prime minister. |
| He said key demands must be met, including new elections. | He said key demands must be met, including new elections. |
| As well as his offer to Mr Yatsenyuk, he suggested another opposition figure, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, take the post of deputy prime minister following talks on Saturday. | As well as his offer to Mr Yatsenyuk, he suggested another opposition figure, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, take the post of deputy prime minister following talks on Saturday. |
| The BBC's David Stern, in Kiev, says the opposition - confident in its position - appears to have taken Mr Yanukovych's offer of concessions as a sign of weakness on his part, and is forging ahead with the campaign to unseat him. | The BBC's David Stern, in Kiev, says the opposition - confident in its position - appears to have taken Mr Yanukovych's offer of concessions as a sign of weakness on his part, and is forging ahead with the campaign to unseat him. |
| The demonstrations began in November after Ukraine decided not to sign an accord on more co-operation with the EU. Instead, the government opted to deepen ties with neighbouring Russia. | The demonstrations began in November after Ukraine decided not to sign an accord on more co-operation with the EU. Instead, the government opted to deepen ties with neighbouring Russia. |
| People's assemblies | People's assemblies |
| On Friday protesters seized a number of government buildings in Ukrainian cities outside Kiev, particularly in the west, which has traditionally favoured closer ties with Europe, including in the cities of Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lutsk and Lviv. | On Friday protesters seized a number of government buildings in Ukrainian cities outside Kiev, particularly in the west, which has traditionally favoured closer ties with Europe, including in the cities of Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lutsk and Lviv. |
| On Saturday the protests spread to cities further east, including Vinnytsya, west of Kiev. | On Saturday the protests spread to cities further east, including Vinnytsya, west of Kiev. |
| Reports now suggest unrest is spreading further into the country's east, which has traditionally had closer ties with Russia: | Reports now suggest unrest is spreading further into the country's east, which has traditionally had closer ties with Russia: |
| The interior ministry says residents of western Ukraine, whom it calls "provocateurs", are being parachuted in to other parts of the country to stir up trouble, said Interfax-Ukraine. | The interior ministry says residents of western Ukraine, whom it calls "provocateurs", are being parachuted in to other parts of the country to stir up trouble, said Interfax-Ukraine. |
| Meanwhile, in Kiev, thousands mourned a protester who was killed last week. | Meanwhile, in Kiev, thousands mourned a protester who was killed last week. |
| Crowds chanted "Hero!" as the open coffin of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, was carried through the streets of the capital. | Crowds chanted "Hero!" as the open coffin of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, was carried through the streets of the capital. |
| The opposition is demanding that a free trade agreement with the European Union be signed and political prisoners be freed, including former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. | The opposition is demanding that a free trade agreement with the European Union be signed and political prisoners be freed, including former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. |
| They are also demanding the repeal of recently introduced laws restricting public protest, and early presidential elections. A vote is not due until 2015. | |
| The crisis in Ukraine escalated this week when two activists were killed, and another was found dead with torture marks in a forest near the capital. | The crisis in Ukraine escalated this week when two activists were killed, and another was found dead with torture marks in a forest near the capital. |
| A fourth, 45-year-old protester is said to have died in a Kiev hospital on Saturday from injuries sustained in earlier violence. | A fourth, 45-year-old protester is said to have died in a Kiev hospital on Saturday from injuries sustained in earlier violence. |
| Although the protest movement - the EuroMaidan - is largely peaceful, a hardcore of radicals have been fighting battles with police away from the main protest camp in Maidan, or Independence Square. | Although the protest movement - the EuroMaidan - is largely peaceful, a hardcore of radicals have been fighting battles with police away from the main protest camp in Maidan, or Independence Square. |
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