Ukrainian president announces truce with the opposition

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych, announced that he had reached a truce with opposition leaders in attempts to stop violence that led to the loss of 26 lives this week.

Yanukovych outlined that negotiations would form the first point of action to end the escalating bloodshed of the last two days

The head of the armed forces, Volodymyr Zamana, was also unexpectedly dismissed by the president earlier today.

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