Yanukovych Offers Early Presidential Vote to End Crisis
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Ukraine’s leader agreed to an early presidential ballot and called for a national unity government to halt a deadly three-month political crisis. The opposition is seeking approval for the offer from protesters in Kiev.
Viktor Yanukovych, commenting on his website, also urged a return to the 2004 constitution, a move that would shift powers to parliament from the office of president. Speaking after the European Union drew up a peace deal in all-night talks in Kiev, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the constitutional switch should happen in the next 48 hours.