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Yanukovych: I am outraged by the power acceleration of Euromaidan
President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych condemned the power acceleration of Euromaidan. “I am deeply outraged by the events that occurred at night on Independence Square,” the president’s appeal to the people says. “I condemn the actions that led to the power confrontation and suffering of people.”
"A few days ago, I announced the support of civil non -violent actions to the whole country," the appeal says. Those who "provoked a conflict on the Maidan with their decisions and actions will be punished, Yanukovych promised. He demanded that the Prosecutor General immediately conduct an investigation and submit its results to society.
"I confirm - we are one in the choice of our common European future," the appeal of Yanukovych says.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov also expressed indignation at the actions of the police against demonstrators.
Meanwhile, the opposition requires government resignation. “By that time, until the Verkhovna Rada will vote for the resignation of the treacherous anti -Ukrainian government of Azarov, the parliament will not work. This is our requirement,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the leader of the Fatherland Yatsenyuk faction on Saturday evening. Commenting on the promise of Yanukovych to investigate the events of last night and punish the perpetrators, Yatsenyuk said: "He does not need to investigate anything. He just needs to look at himself in the mirror. It was Yanukovych, Azarov and Zakharchenko." The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vitaliy Zakharchenko "must bear not political, but criminal liability for a crime against the people of Ukraine," said Yatsenyuk.
On Sunday, supporters of European integration will gather for the "People’s Veche" in the center of Kyiv. The collection was assigned at noon at the monument to Taras Shevchenko, from there it is planned to arrange a procession to Independence Square. “On the Maidan we hold peaceful - I emphasize - a peaceful action and hold a folk veche. Next, we don’t close the veche. We do not disperse. We have a clear requirement - Azarov Sachard, Zakharchenko. And until the moment it is done - we are not dispersed,” Yatsenyuk said on Mikhailovskaya Square, where a new rally of supporters of the supporters of the supporters of the supporters of the supporters went to the subbot. European integration.
The opposition forms the "headquarters of the national resistance" for the organization of the All -Ukrainian strike. The headquarters will include representatives of the "Fatherland", strike and "freedom".
Euromaidan was brutally dispersed by the Berkut fighters on the night of Saturday. As a result of the clashes, 35 people were injured, seven were hospitalized. On the fact of the events on Independence Square, cases of hooliganism, resistance to the authorities and abuse of authority were instituted.
The US State Department and the EU leadership condemned the use of violence against participants in Euromaidan. Washington calls on the Ukrainian authorities to respect the right of citizens to freedom of assembly and expression of his own opinion, the representative of the State Department Jen Psaki said at a briefing. In turn, the Supreme EU representative for foreign policy Catherine Ashton called on Kyiv to conduct an investigation and punish those responsible for excessive use of force against demonstrators.
On Saturday afternoon, the Ukrainian Independent News Bureau reported the resignation of the head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Sergei Levochkin. “The decision could be caused by disagreement with the actions of the police to accelerate Euromaidan in the center of Kyiv,” the source of Interfax-Ukraine commented on events. At the same time, the wife of Levochkin, the artist Zinaida Likhacheva, according to NBN, took part in the rally of supporters of European integration.
On Friday, Euromaidan participants demanded the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych. "The President, the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers were unable to ensure the implementation of the strategic geopolitical course in the development of the state," the rally resolution , published in Ukrainian Pravda, said. The rally was attended by tens of thousands of people.
On Friday, Yanukovych at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius finally refused to sign an association agreement with the EU. According to Kommersant-Ukraine, the EU was ready to abandon the demand for the liberation of Yulia Tymoshenko, and also proposed specific measures to overcome the negative economic consequences from signing the agreement. Negotiations with Yanukovych first led the heads of the European Commission and the European Council, and then the leaders of Lithuania and Germany.
On November 21, the Ukrainian government ordered to suspend the process of preparing for the conclusion of an agreement on the Association between Ukraine and the EU. This led to numerous protests throughout the country ( 
