Ukraine government resigns, parliament scraps anti-protest laws amid crisis

2014-01-28 Ukraine government resigns, parliament scraps anti-protest laws amid crisis

 

2014-01-28 Ukraine government resigns, parliament scraps anti-protest laws amid crisis

 

2014-01-29  Ex-president warns Ukraine 'on brink of civil war'

 Ukraine's first post-independence president has warned the country is on the "brink of civil war" as parliament debates an amnesty for protesters.

Leonid Kravchuk, president from 1991 to 1994, opened the debate in parliament by urging everyone involved to "act with the greatest responsibility".
President Viktor Yanukovych wants any amnesty to be conditional on protesters leaving official buildings - a proposal rejected by the opposition.
Opponents want Mr Yanukovych to resign.
Hundreds of anti-government protesters - many wearing helmets and carrying baseball bats and other makeshift weapons - have taken to the streets in Kiev again, a BBC correspondent in the city reports.
They won significant concessions on Tuesday after parliament scrapped a controversial anti-protest law and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his cabinet resigned.