Peace and will

In Kyiv, protesters and security forces, at the request of the party leader, Vitaly Klitschko, agreed on the “hour of silence” for the period until 20:00 Thursday (22:00 Moscow time), the Grana correspondent reports. Klitschko said that he would come to Grushevsky Street to report on the results of negotiations between opposition leaders with President Viktor Yanukovych.

On the street Grushevsky is now a lull. Activists extinguished the fire separating them from the Berkut chains. No action is conducted on either side. The people are cleaned, but garbage goes into business: new barricades are being built and strengthened.

Meanwhile, the beginning of Yanukovych’s negotiations with the leaders of the opposition was postponed at 17:30 (19:30 Moscow time), Ukrainian Pravda reports.

Earlier, Yanukovych said that he considers it necessary to consider the situation in the country at an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada. “Those negotiations that go with the opposition today are one part of the settlement of the political crisis. The second part is to transfer this discussion to the parliamentary platform. The proposals that will be developed during my negotiations and during the preparation for the session along with the people's deputies, they must be considered in parliament,” Yanukovych noted.

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Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov said that now in the country there is an attempt by a coup. “The real attempt by the coup is carried out, and everyone who supports this coup, should clearly say:“ Yes, we are for the overthrow of legal power in Ukraine, and not hide behind peaceful protesters. Already the feature is crossed after the so -called peaceful protesters use Molotov cocktails and seize state buildings, ”he noted. He previously stated that militants, not power, are responsible for the death of protesters on Grushevsky Street.

On Thursday, protesters captured the buildings of regional state administrations in Lviv and Rivne.

On Wednesday evening, participants in Kiev protests built new fortifications on Grushevsky Street. Thousands of people participate in the defense of Euromaidan, there are many women among them. At the Dynamo stadium, three rows of barricades are built, between the protesters and the police, the wall of fire from burning tires. Volunteers distributed food and gauze bandages.

Activists threw the Molotov cocktails and stones at the police, fired at firecrackers. In response, explosions of grenades were heard.