Some of the upcoming events this week, after the March of a Million on Dec. 8. The schedule is being updated.
Dec. 9
5 a.m. Arseniy Yatseniuk, the leader of the opposition Batkivshchyna Party and one of the organizers of the EuroMaidan demonstrations, says “tonight and tomorrow will be crucial” to the movement’s progress in getting its demands met — chief among them, the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych. Yatseniuk called on supporters to gather at Maidan Nezalezhnosti at 5 a.m. on Dec. 9 and join a picket of governmental buildings. Yatseniuk said EuroMaidan demonstrators will conduct peaceful, non-violent and lawful pickets until their demands are met.
8 a.m. Democratic Alliance party is calling for another ‘lying’ protest in front of Prosecutor’s General Office tomorrow. They plan to lie down in front of PGO’s office at 8 a.m. to show that authorities ‘step over people’ and demand the release of arrested participants of the rally in front Presidential Administration on Dec.1. They plan to start walking to Prosecutor’s Office at 7 a.m. from Maidan Nezalezhnosti.
9 a.m. Deadline runs out for protesters to vacate the city hall, which was taken over on Dec. 1. On Dec. 4 a local court in Kyiv ruled that the premises have to be vacated in five days. Kyiv Police Chief Valeriy Mazan said the police would take measures to fulfill the court ruling in case protester fails to abide.
EU High Representative and Vice-President Catherine Ashton will travel to Kyiv this week to support a way out of the political crisis, according to President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barosso’s statement released after a phone conversation with President Viktor Yanukovych on Dec. 8.
Dec. 17
Ukraine and Russia are set to continue negotiations started by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, whose most recent visit with Putin fueled opposition fears that the Ukrainian leader has agreed to join the Kremlin-led Customs Union. Both sides deny the issue was discussed, but only vaguely talk about reaching a strategic partnership agreement that may include lower natural gas prices for Ukraine.
