Opposition leaders speaking before a large crowd gathered on Independence Square, were wholly divided. Klitschko got a luke warm response. Agitators in the crowd tried to stir unrest by shouting their disapproval. A number of coffins were transported forward towards the speaker’s stage with a demand to respect the dead. Orthodox priests led the mourning by prayers. This was repeated with more coffins and was used a a strong emotional demand not to accept any agreement with dictator Yanukovich who has blood on his hands.
The extremist leaders took the stage and in a fascist style rhetoric rejected this EU brokered deal. This leader made a clear threat and demanded the resignation of president Yanukovich by 10am tomorrow morning. If he doesn’t step down, the mob will march on the presidential palace and force him out. We will be armed and no one can stop us.
Entered another coffin pushed forward through the crowd and all were silenced in prayer.
All calls for no more bloodshed fell on deaf ears.
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An Orthodox priest walks under fire during clashes between
anti-government protesters and riot police in central Kiev
See the tough deal brokered for the Ukrainian people between opposition leaders and the government.
○ Peace deal brings Maidan protest in Kiev to an end :: RT.com view
The point of no return has been breached. From tomorrow morning, all hell will break lose unless Yanukovich steps down and leaves office. Today parliament voted to rescind the powers of the president in favor of decisions by parliament. The minister of Interior responsible for the the clashes of the last three days was made the scapegoat and parliament voted for his dismissal.
The crowd in Independence Square will be forced by agitators and armed thugs to continue mob violence in the morning and more bloodshed. Cool heads cannot prevail, the genie is out of the bottle and Ukrainian people will be led to a brutal civil war. The makeover from a protest to a revolution happened months ago. The most populist speaker wins over the crowd.
{Update} ○ Reuters: Ukraine crowds want Yanukovich out despite political deal
The EU mediators are on their way back home to their Brussels headquarters.
○ Kyiv Post: EuroMaidan rallies in Ukraine – Live updates
○ Maidan protesters say EU brokered deal is not enough
○ Ukraine’s Bloody Thursday Swells the Ranks of the Revolution
My recent coverage of the protests in a diary – Regime Change In Ukraine – Who Bugged Nuland, An Embarrassment.
