Ukraine’s
embattled president has announced that he is returning to work on Monday after
four days’ sick leave.
It came as
thousands of protesters filled Kiev’s main square yesterday – demanding that he
give up power.
It is unclear whether he might resume
hesitant moves toward compromise or hit back at his opponents. Either way, he
is under scrutiny from the European Union and United States, who want him to
compromise, and from Moscow, which is holding back much needed financing until
he names a new government following last week's departure of his prime minister
in a concession that failed to appease the protesters, reports GHN based on BBC
and Reuter’s reports.
Opposition leaders, fresh from meeting European US
officials at a conference in Munich, told the crowd that they would secure
international aid of they were able to take power.
“We have a
common understanding with our Western partners about what should be done in
Ukraine and how much money it requires,” said Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of
Ukraine’s opposition Fatherland Party.
“But first of
all, the question is who will be executing this plan of change for Ukraine, as
no one trusts this regime.”
President
Viktor Yanukovych angered opponents when he spurned a trade pact with the EU –
turning to Russia for financial support instead.
