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Ukraine protesters reinforce barricades amid temporary truce

2014-01-24 5 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Anti-government protesters in Kiev appear to be sticking to temporary truce, but are reportedly reinforcing street barricades surrounding Independence Square.<br/> <br />Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich called for an emergency session of parliament to end the country's political crisis and violent unrest, in a sign he might be ready to soften his hardline stance and strike a compromise.<br/> <br />Opposition leaders who held discussions with Yanukovich that ended late on Thursday immediately went to meet protesters manning street barricades to give their account of the talks.<br/> <br />It was not immediately clear what, if any, concessions had been made. But an Ekspreso TV station correspondent reported that boxer-turned-politician Vitaly Klitschko urged activists to stick to a truce agreed earlier on Thursday until Friday morning.<br/> <br />Klitschko, who was accompanied by nationalist leader Oleh Tyahnibok, was reported to have said that Yanukovich h

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