USA urges Ukraine to withdraw riot police from central Kiev
The Ukrainian authorities should also release detained protesters in order to settle the crisis, White House press secretary Jay Carney announced.
"We support the dialogue between the government and the opposition and are urging both sides to continue the negotiations because a political decision is the only way out,” RIA Novosti quotes Carney. “We are also urging both sides to refrain from violence. Only the government can provide a peaceful solution to the problem and they must act in order to release tension without delay – to release detained protesters and withdraw the riot police from the city centre.”
The situation in Kiev escalated on January 19 when radical protesters clashed with the riot police in Grushevski Street. Hundreds of people from both sides were injured and there are victims – Belarusian Mihail Zhyzneuski is among them.
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